Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1906

Sunday 28 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 659 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 Sunday 28 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 29 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 00:10 on Sun 28 Jan to 01:09 on Mon 29 Jan.

    1906-01-27T16:10:13Z → 1906-01-28T17:08:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 28th, 12:08–12:56 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 39537 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1906: Sunday 28 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1906 falls on Sunday 28 January. Caturthī runs from 00:10 on Sun 28 Jan to 01:09 on Mon 29 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1906/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 28 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 28 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 28 Jan
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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:10 → 09:0911:4248 min11:420 min27 Jan
Chicago10:10 → 11:0911:4048 min11:400 min27 Jan
Jersey City11:10 → 12:0911:4548 min11:4623 min27 Jan
Port of Spain12:10 → 13:0911:5533 min11:5548 min27 Jan
London16:10 → 17:0911:500 min11:5048 min28 Jan
Durban18:10 → 19:0911:440 min11:4548 min28 Jan
Dubai19:51 → 20:5011:490 min11:4948 min28 Jan
Delhi21:40 → 22:3912:100 min12:1048 min28 Jan
Kolkata21:40 → 22:3911:250 min11:2648 min28 Jan
Singapore23:10 → 00:0911:530 min11:5448 min28 Jan
Sydney02:10 → 03:0911:440 min11:4448 min28 Jan
Suva04:05 → 05:0411:500 min11:5048 min28 Jan
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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