Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1924

Friday 8 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 186 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 Friday 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 Saturday 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 08:13 on Fri 8 Feb to 09:03 on Sat 9 Feb.

    1924-02-08T00:12:42Z → 1924-02-09T01:02:56Z

  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 11148 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1924: Friday 8 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1924 falls on Friday 8 February. Caturthī runs from 08:13 on Fri 8 Feb to 09:03 on Sat 9 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1924/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:13 → 17:0311:4448 min11:440 min8 Feb
Chicago18:13 → 19:0311:4148 min11:410 min8 Feb
Jersey City19:13 → 20:0311:4748 min11:470 min8 Feb
Port of Spain20:13 → 21:0311:5648 min11:560 min8 Feb
London00:13 → 01:0311:5148 min11:510 min8 Feb
Durban02:13 → 03:0311:4648 min11:460 min8 Feb
Dubai04:13 → 05:0312:0948 min12:090 min8 Feb
Delhi05:43 → 06:3312:1248 min12:120 min8 Feb
Kolkata05:43 → 06:3311:2748 min11:270 min8 Feb
Singapore07:13 → 08:0311:5548 min11:550 min8 Feb
Sydney10:13 → 11:0311:4548 min11:450 min8 Feb
Suva12:13 → 13:0311:5632 min11:5748 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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