Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1931

Thursday 22 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 10 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 22 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 23 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī ends 11:55:51
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 09:13 on Thu 22 Jan to 11:56 on Fri 23 Jan.

    1931-01-22T01:12:36Z → 1931-01-23T03:55:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 22nd, 12:06–12:54 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 611 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1931: Thursday 22 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1931 falls on Thursday 22 January. Caturthī runs from 09:13 on Thu 22 Jan to 11:56 on Fri 23 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1931/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:13 → 19:5611:4148 min11:410 min22 Jan
Chicago19:13 → 21:5611:3848 min11:390 min22 Jan
Jersey City20:13 → 22:5611:4448 min11:440 min22 Jan
Port of Spain21:13 → 23:5611:5448 min11:540 min22 Jan
London01:13 → 03:5611:4848 min11:490 min22 Jan
Durban03:13 → 05:5611:4348 min11:430 min22 Jan
Dubai05:13 → 07:5612:0648 min12:070 min22 Jan
Delhi06:43 → 09:2612:0948 min12:090 min22 Jan
Kolkata06:43 → 09:2611:2448 min11:240 min22 Jan
Singapore08:13 → 10:5611:5248 min11:520 min22 Jan
Sydney11:13 → 13:5611:4248 min11:4348 min22 Jan
Suva13:13 → 15:5611:540 min11:5448 min23 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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