Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1959

Wednesday 11 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 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 11 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 12 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 04:48 on Wed 11 Feb to 06:32 on Thu 12 Feb.

    1959-02-10T20:47:54Z → 1959-02-11T22:31:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 11th, 12:09–12:57 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 20209 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1959: Wednesday 11 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1959 falls on Wednesday 11 February. Caturthī runs from 04:48 on Wed 11 Feb to 06:32 on Thu 12 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:48 → 14:3211:440 min11:4448 min11 Feb
Chicago14:48 → 16:3211:410 min11:4148 min11 Feb
Jersey City15:48 → 17:3211:470 min11:4748 min11 Feb
Port of Spain16:48 → 18:3211:560 min11:5648 min11 Feb
London20:48 → 22:3211:510 min11:5148 min11 Feb
Durban22:48 → 00:3211:460 min11:4648 min11 Feb
Dubai00:48 → 02:3212:090 min12:0948 min11 Feb
Delhi02:18 → 04:0212:120 min12:1248 min11 Feb
Kolkata02:18 → 04:0211:270 min11:2748 min11 Feb
Singapore04:18 → 06:0212:250 min12:2548 min11 Feb
Sydney06:48 → 08:3211:450 min11:4548 min11 Feb
Suva08:48 → 10:3211:560 min11:5648 min11 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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