Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1953

Sunday 18 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 50 s.

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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 Sunday 18 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī begins 12:13:31
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

39 of 48 minutes covered, the last 39

Midday of Monday 19 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 12:14 on Sun 18 Jan to 09:10 on Mon 19 Jan.

    1953-01-18T04:13:31Z → 1953-01-19T01:09:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 18th, 12:05–12:53 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 39 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 530 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1953: Sunday 18 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1953 falls on Sunday 18 January. Caturthī runs from 12:14 on Sun 18 Jan to 09:10 on Mon 19 Jan and covers 39 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 18 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 18 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 18 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:14 → 17:1011:4048 min11:400 min18 Jan
Chicago22:14 → 19:1011:3748 min11:380 min18 Jan
Jersey City23:14 → 20:1011:4348 min11:430 min18 Jan
Port of Spain00:14 → 21:1011:5348 min11:530 min18 Jan
London04:14 → 01:1011:4748 min11:480 min18 Jan
Durban06:14 → 03:1011:4248 min11:420 min18 Jan
Dubai08:14 → 05:1012:0548 min12:060 min18 Jan
Delhi09:44 → 06:4012:0848 min12:080 min18 Jan
Kolkata09:44 → 06:4011:2348 min11:230 min18 Jan
Singapore11:44 → 08:4012:2148 min12:210 min18 Jan
Sydney14:14 → 11:1011:410 min11:420 min19 Jan
Suva16:14 → 13:1011:530 min11:5348 min19 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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