Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1941

Friday 31 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 479 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 30 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 31 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 20:55 on Thu 30 Jan to 22:46 on Fri 31 Jan.

    1941-01-30T12:54:36Z → 1941-01-31T14:45:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 30th, 12:08–12:56 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 28734 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1941: Friday 31 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1941 falls on Friday 31 January. Caturthī runs from 20:55 on Thu 30 Jan to 22:46 on Fri 31 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 31 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 31 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:55 → 06:4611:4348 min11:430 min30 Jan
Chicago06:55 → 08:4611:4048 min11:400 min30 Jan
Jersey City07:55 → 09:4611:4648 min11:460 min30 Jan
Port of Spain08:55 → 10:4611:5648 min11:560 min30 Jan
London13:55 → 15:4612:500 min12:5048 min31 Jan
Durban14:55 → 16:4611:450 min11:4548 min31 Jan
Dubai16:55 → 18:4612:080 min12:0848 min31 Jan
Delhi18:25 → 20:1612:110 min12:1148 min31 Jan
Kolkata18:25 → 20:1611:260 min11:2648 min31 Jan
Singapore20:15 → 22:0612:140 min12:1448 min31 Jan
Sydney22:55 → 00:4611:440 min11:4448 min31 Jan
Suva00:55 → 02:4611:560 min11:5648 min31 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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