Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1918

Thursday 14 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 294 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 Thursday 14 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 Friday 15 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 07:15 on Thu 14 Feb to 04:01 on Fri 15 Feb.

    1918-02-13T23:15:04Z → 1918-02-14T20:00:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 14th, 12:09–12:57 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 17623 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1918: Thursday 14 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1918 falls on Thursday 14 February. Caturthī runs from 07:15 on Thu 14 Feb to 04:01 on Fri 15 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:15 → 12:0111:440 min11:4417 min14 Feb
Chicago17:15 → 14:0111:410 min11:4148 min14 Feb
Jersey City18:15 → 15:0111:470 min11:4748 min14 Feb
Port of Spain19:15 → 16:0111:570 min11:5648 min14 Feb
London23:15 → 20:0111:510 min11:5148 min14 Feb
Durban01:15 → 22:0111:460 min11:4648 min14 Feb
Dubai02:56 → 23:4211:500 min11:5048 min14 Feb
Delhi04:45 → 01:3112:120 min12:1248 min14 Feb
Kolkata04:45 → 01:3111:270 min11:2748 min14 Feb
Singapore06:15 → 03:0111:550 min11:5548 min14 Feb
Sydney09:15 → 06:0111:450 min11:4548 min14 Feb
Suva11:15 → 08:0111:570 min11:5748 min14 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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