Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1948

Saturday 14 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 295 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 13 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

Midday of Saturday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 17:52 on Fri 13 Feb to 19:39 on Sat 14 Feb.

    1948-02-13T09:51:34Z → 1948-02-14T11:38:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 13th, 12:09–12:57 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 17688 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1948: Saturday 14 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1948 falls on Saturday 14 February. Caturthī runs from 17:52 on Fri 13 Feb to 19:39 on Sat 14 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:52 → 03:3911:4448 min11:440 min13 Feb
Chicago03:52 → 05:3911:4148 min11:410 min13 Feb
Jersey City04:52 → 06:3911:4748 min11:470 min13 Feb
Port of Spain05:52 → 07:3911:5648 min11:560 min13 Feb
London09:52 → 11:3911:5148 min11:510 min13 Feb
Durban11:52 → 13:3911:4642 min11:4648 min13 Feb
Dubai13:52 → 15:3912:090 min12:0948 min14 Feb
Delhi15:22 → 17:0912:120 min12:1248 min14 Feb
Kolkata15:22 → 17:0911:270 min11:2748 min14 Feb
Singapore17:22 → 19:0912:250 min12:2548 min14 Feb
Sydney19:52 → 21:3911:450 min11:4548 min14 Feb
Suva21:52 → 23:3911:570 min11:5748 min14 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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