Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1944

Friday 28 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 39 s.

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 Friday 28 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:07  13:55 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī begins 13:49:31
12:1912:4313:0713:3113:5514:1914:43

6 of 48 minutes covered, the last 6

Midday of Saturday 29 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:07  13:55 madhyāhna ends
12:1912:4313:0713:3113:5514:1914:43

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 13:50 on Fri 28 Jan to 10:44 on Sat 29 Jan.

    1944-01-28T04:49:32Z → 1944-01-29T01:43:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:07–13:55 on the 28th, 13:07–13:55 on the 29th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 6 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 339 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1944: Friday 28 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1944 falls on Friday 28 January. Caturthī runs from 13:50 on Fri 28 Jan to 10:44 on Sat 29 Jan and covers 6 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:50 → 18:4412:4248 min12:420 min28 Jan
Chicago23:50 → 20:4412:4048 min12:400 min28 Jan
Jersey City00:50 → 21:4412:4548 min12:460 min28 Jan
Port of Spain01:50 → 22:4412:5548 min12:550 min28 Jan
London05:50 → 02:4412:5048 min12:500 min28 Jan
Durban07:50 → 04:4412:4548 min12:450 min28 Jan
Dubai08:50 → 05:4412:0848 min12:080 min28 Jan
Delhi11:20 → 08:1413:1048 min13:100 min28 Jan
Kolkata11:20 → 08:1412:2648 min12:260 min28 Jan
Singapore13:50 → 10:4413:5348 min13:540 min28 Jan
Sydney15:50 → 12:4412:440 min12:440 min29 Jan
Suva16:50 → 13:4411:550 min11:5548 min29 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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