Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1937

Sunday 14 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 139 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 Sunday 14 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 Monday 15 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 09:50 on Sun 14 Feb to 07:31 on Mon 15 Feb.

    1937-02-14T01:50:13Z → 1937-02-14T23:31:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 14th, 12:09–12:57 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 8313 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1937: Sunday 14 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1937 falls on Sunday 14 February. Caturthī runs from 09:50 on Sun 14 Feb to 07:31 on Mon 15 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1937/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:50 → 15:3111:4448 min11:430 min14 Feb
Chicago19:50 → 17:3111:4148 min11:410 min14 Feb
Jersey City20:50 → 18:3111:4748 min11:470 min14 Feb
Port of Spain21:50 → 19:3111:5648 min11:560 min14 Feb
London01:50 → 23:3111:5148 min11:510 min14 Feb
Durban03:50 → 01:3111:4648 min11:460 min14 Feb
Dubai05:50 → 03:3112:0948 min12:090 min14 Feb
Delhi07:20 → 05:0112:1248 min12:120 min14 Feb
Kolkata07:20 → 05:0111:2748 min11:270 min14 Feb
Singapore09:10 → 06:5112:1548 min12:150 min14 Feb
Sydney11:50 → 09:3111:4543 min11:450 min14 Feb
Suva13:50 → 11:3111:570 min11:560 min15 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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