Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1925

Wednesday 28 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 28 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī ends 12:32:38
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

25 of 48 minutes covered, the first 25

Caturthī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 14:15 on Tue 27 Jan to 12:33 on Wed 28 Jan.

    1925-01-27T06:14:37Z → 1925-01-28T04:32:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 27th, 12:07–12:55 on the 28th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 25 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 1364 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1925: Wednesday 28 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1925 falls on Wednesday 28 January. Caturthī runs from 14:15 on Tue 27 Jan to 12:33 on Wed 28 Jan and covers 25 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1925/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles22:15 → 20:3311:4248 min11:420 min27 Jan
Chicago00:15 → 22:3311:4048 min11:400 min27 Jan
Jersey City01:15 → 23:3311:4548 min11:460 min27 Jan
Port of Spain02:15 → 00:3311:5548 min11:550 min27 Jan
London06:15 → 04:3311:5048 min11:500 min27 Jan
Durban08:15 → 06:3311:4548 min11:450 min27 Jan
Dubai10:15 → 08:3312:0848 min12:080 min27 Jan
Delhi11:45 → 10:0312:1048 min12:100 min27 Jan
Kolkata11:45 → 10:0311:2529 min11:260 min27 Jan
Singapore13:15 → 11:3311:530 min11:540 min28 Jan
Sydney16:15 → 14:3311:440 min11:4448 min28 Jan
Suva18:15 → 16:3311:550 min11:5548 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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