Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1955

Thursday 27 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 239 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 27 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 28 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

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 08:08 on Thu 27 Jan to 07:01 on Fri 28 Jan.

    1955-01-27T00:08:27Z → 1955-01-27T23:00:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 27th, 12:07–12:55 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. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 14314 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1955: Thursday 27 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1955 falls on Thursday 27 January. Caturthī runs from 08:08 on Thu 27 Jan to 07:01 on Fri 28 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:08 → 15:0111:4248 min11:420 min27 Jan
Chicago18:08 → 17:0111:4048 min11:400 min27 Jan
Jersey City19:08 → 18:0111:4548 min11:460 min27 Jan
Port of Spain20:08 → 19:0111:5548 min11:550 min27 Jan
London00:08 → 23:0111:5048 min11:500 min27 Jan
Durban02:08 → 01:0111:4448 min11:450 min27 Jan
Dubai04:08 → 03:0112:0848 min12:080 min27 Jan
Delhi05:38 → 04:3112:1048 min12:100 min27 Jan
Kolkata05:38 → 04:3111:2548 min11:260 min27 Jan
Singapore07:38 → 06:3112:2348 min12:230 min27 Jan
Sydney10:08 → 09:0111:4448 min11:440 min27 Jan
Suva12:08 → 11:0111:5534 min11:550 min27 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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