Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1905

Wednesday 8 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 478 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 8 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 9 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 of 48 minutes covered

Caturthī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 01:29 on Wed 8 Feb to 04:10 on Thu 9 Feb.

    1905-02-07T17:29:08Z → 1905-02-08T20:10:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 8th, 12:09–12:57 on the 9th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 28698 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1905: Wednesday 8 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1905 falls on Wednesday 8 February. Caturthī runs from 01:29 on Wed 8 Feb to 04:10 on Thu 9 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1905/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/ganesha-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīMadhyāhna 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:29 → 12:1011:4448 min11:4427 min7 Feb
Chicago11:29 → 14:1011:4148 min11:4148 min7 Feb
Jersey City12:29 → 15:1011:476 min11:4748 min7 Feb
Port of Spain13:29 → 16:1011:560 min11:5648 min8 Feb
London17:29 → 20:1011:510 min11:5148 min8 Feb
Durban19:29 → 22:1011:460 min11:4648 min8 Feb
Dubai21:10 → 23:5111:500 min11:5048 min8 Feb
Delhi22:50 → 01:3112:030 min12:0348 min8 Feb
Kolkata22:50 → 01:3111:180 min11:1848 min8 Feb
Singapore00:24 → 03:0511:500 min11:5048 min8 Feb
Sydney03:29 → 06:1011:450 min11:4548 min8 Feb
Suva05:24 → 08:0511:510 min11:5248 min8 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ganesha-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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