Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1928

Thursday 26 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 580 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 Wednesday 25 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 00:28 on Thu 26 Jan to 22:35 on Thu 26 Jan.

    1928-01-25T16:27:43Z → 1928-01-26T14:34:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 25th, 12:07–12:55 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 34814 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1928: Thursday 26 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1928 falls on Thursday 26 January. Caturthī runs from 00:28 on Thu 26 Jan to 22:35 on Thu 26 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 Angeles08:28 → 06:3511:4148 min11:420 min25 Jan
Chicago10:28 → 08:3511:3948 min11:390 min25 Jan
Jersey City11:28 → 09:3511:4548 min11:450 min25 Jan
Port of Spain12:28 → 10:3511:5415 min11:550 min25 Jan
London16:28 → 14:3511:490 min11:4948 min26 Jan
Durban18:28 → 16:3511:440 min11:4448 min26 Jan
Dubai20:28 → 18:3512:070 min12:0748 min26 Jan
Delhi21:58 → 20:0512:090 min12:1048 min26 Jan
Kolkata21:58 → 20:0511:250 min11:2548 min26 Jan
Singapore23:28 → 21:3511:530 min11:5348 min26 Jan
Sydney02:28 → 00:3511:430 min11:4348 min26 Jan
Suva04:28 → 02:3511:540 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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