Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1908

Wednesday 5 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 357 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 5 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 6 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 06:12 on Wed 5 Feb to 03:35 on Thu 6 Feb.

    1908-02-04T22:11:40Z → 1908-02-05T19:35:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 5th, 12:09–12:57 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 21406 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1908: Wednesday 5 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1908 falls on Wednesday 5 February. Caturthī runs from 06:12 on Wed 5 Feb to 03:35 on Thu 6 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1908/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:12 → 11:3511:430 min11:430 min5 Feb
Chicago16:12 → 13:3511:410 min11:4148 min5 Feb
Jersey City17:12 → 14:3511:470 min11:4748 min5 Feb
Port of Spain18:12 → 15:3511:560 min11:5648 min5 Feb
London22:12 → 19:3511:510 min11:5148 min5 Feb
Durban00:12 → 21:3511:460 min11:4648 min5 Feb
Dubai01:53 → 23:1611:500 min11:5048 min5 Feb
Delhi03:42 → 01:0512:110 min12:1148 min5 Feb
Kolkata03:42 → 01:0511:270 min11:2748 min5 Feb
Singapore05:12 → 02:3511:550 min11:5548 min5 Feb
Sydney08:12 → 05:3511:450 min11:4548 min5 Feb
Suva10:07 → 07:3011:510 min11:5148 min5 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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