Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1956

Wednesday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 232 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 Wednesday 15 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

Midday of Thursday 16 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 08:13 on Wed 15 Feb to 08:16 on Thu 16 Feb.

    1956-02-15T00:12:53Z → 1956-02-16T00:16:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 13941 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1956: Wednesday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1956 falls on Wednesday 15 February. Caturthī runs from 08:13 on Wed 15 Feb to 08:16 on Thu 16 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:13 → 16:1611:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago18:13 → 18:1611:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City19:13 → 19:1611:4748 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain20:13 → 20:1611:5648 min11:560 min15 Feb
London00:13 → 00:1611:5148 min11:510 min15 Feb
Durban02:13 → 02:1611:4648 min11:460 min15 Feb
Dubai04:13 → 04:1612:0948 min12:090 min15 Feb
Delhi05:43 → 05:4612:1248 min12:110 min15 Feb
Kolkata05:43 → 05:4611:2748 min11:270 min15 Feb
Singapore07:43 → 07:4612:2548 min12:250 min15 Feb
Sydney10:13 → 10:1611:4548 min11:450 min15 Feb
Suva12:13 → 12:1611:5632 min11:5620 min15 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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