Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1926

Sunday 17 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 488 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 Sunday 17 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 18 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 03:57 on Sun 17 Jan to 00:52 on Mon 18 Jan.

    1926-01-16T19:56:39Z → 1926-01-17T16:52:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 17th, 12:05–12:53 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 29257 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1926: Sunday 17 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1926 falls on Sunday 17 January. Caturthī runs from 03:57 on Sun 17 Jan to 00:52 on Mon 18 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:57 → 08:5211:3930 min11:390 min16 Jan
Chicago13:57 → 10:5211:370 min11:370 min17 Jan
Jersey City14:57 → 11:5211:420 min11:4310 min17 Jan
Port of Spain15:57 → 12:5211:520 min11:5248 min17 Jan
London19:57 → 16:5211:460 min11:4748 min17 Jan
Durban21:57 → 18:5211:410 min11:4248 min17 Jan
Dubai23:57 → 20:5212:050 min12:0548 min17 Jan
Delhi01:27 → 22:2212:070 min12:0748 min17 Jan
Kolkata01:27 → 22:2211:220 min11:2348 min17 Jan
Singapore02:57 → 23:5211:500 min11:5148 min17 Jan
Sydney05:57 → 02:5211:410 min11:4148 min17 Jan
Suva07:57 → 04:5211:520 min11:5248 min17 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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