Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1939

Tuesday 24 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 305 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 Tuesday 24 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 Wednesday 25 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 04:52 on Tue 24 Jan to 07:02 on Wed 25 Jan.

    1939-01-23T20:52:22Z → 1939-01-24T23:02:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 24th, 12:07–12:55 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 18274 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1939: Tuesday 24 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1939 falls on Tuesday 24 January. Caturthī runs from 04:52 on Tue 24 Jan to 07:02 on Wed 25 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:52 → 15:0211:410 min11:4148 min24 Jan
Chicago14:52 → 17:0211:390 min11:3948 min24 Jan
Jersey City15:52 → 18:0211:440 min11:4548 min24 Jan
Port of Spain16:52 → 19:0211:540 min11:5448 min24 Jan
London20:52 → 23:0211:490 min11:4948 min24 Jan
Durban22:52 → 01:0211:430 min11:4448 min24 Jan
Dubai00:52 → 03:0212:070 min12:0748 min24 Jan
Delhi02:22 → 04:3212:090 min12:0948 min24 Jan
Kolkata02:22 → 04:3211:240 min11:2548 min24 Jan
Singapore04:12 → 06:2212:120 min12:1348 min24 Jan
Sydney06:52 → 09:0211:430 min11:4348 min24 Jan
Suva08:52 → 11:0211:540 min11:5448 min24 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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