Ruling · Gaṇeśa Caturthī · 1949

Saturday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 583 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 Saturday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 28 August

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 02:12 on Sat 27 Aug to 23:08 on Sat 27 Aug.

    1949-08-26T18:12:25Z → 1949-08-27T15:08:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 27th, 11:55–12:43 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 34980 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Baoding, 1949: Saturday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Caturthī 1949 falls on Saturday 27 August. Caturthī runs from 02:12 on Sat 27 Aug to 23:08 on Sat 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/ganesha-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 Aug
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-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 4 Varada caturthi (purvaviddha, madhyahnavyapini), Samvatsari parva (Jain-caturthi paksa), Saubhagya caturthi (Bengal), Ganesa caturthi (madhyahna vyapini and purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīMadhyāhna 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:12 → 07:0811:3048 min11:300 min26 Aug
Chicago13:12 → 10:0812:284 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City14:12 → 11:0812:340 min12:330 min27 Aug
Port of Spain14:12 → 11:0811:440 min11:430 min27 Aug
London19:12 → 16:0812:380 min12:3748 min27 Aug
Durban20:12 → 17:0811:340 min11:3448 min27 Aug
Dubai22:12 → 19:0811:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi23:42 → 20:3811:590 min11:5848 min27 Aug
Kolkata23:42 → 20:3811:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore01:42 → 22:3812:120 min12:1248 min27 Aug
Sydney04:12 → 01:0811:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva06:12 → 03:0811:440 min11:4448 min27 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ganesha-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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