Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1917

Friday 26 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 433 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 26 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 Saturday 27 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 04:54 on Fri 26 Jan to 01:59 on Sat 27 Jan.

    1917-01-25T20:53:55Z → 1917-01-26T17:58:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 26th, 12:07–12:55 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 25981 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1917: Friday 26 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1917 falls on Friday 26 January. Caturthī runs from 04:54 on Fri 26 Jan to 01:59 on Sat 27 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1917/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:54 → 09:5911:420 min11:420 min26 Jan
Chicago14:54 → 11:5911:390 min11:4019 min26 Jan
Jersey City15:54 → 12:5911:450 min11:4548 min26 Jan
Port of Spain16:54 → 13:5911:550 min11:5548 min26 Jan
London20:54 → 17:5911:490 min11:4948 min26 Jan
Durban22:54 → 19:5911:440 min11:4448 min26 Jan
Dubai00:35 → 21:4011:480 min11:4948 min26 Jan
Delhi02:24 → 23:2912:100 min12:1048 min26 Jan
Kolkata02:24 → 23:2911:250 min11:2548 min26 Jan
Singapore03:54 → 00:5911:530 min11:5348 min26 Jan
Sydney07:54 → 04:5912:430 min12:4448 min26 Jan
Suva08:54 → 05:5911:550 min11:5548 min26 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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