Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1961

Friday 20 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 198 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 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

Midday of Friday 20 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

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

48 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 18:53 on Thu 19 Jan to 16:11 on Fri 20 Jan.

    1961-01-19T10:52:54Z → 1961-01-20T08:10:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 19th, 12:05–12:53 on the 20th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 11857 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1961: Friday 20 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1961 falls on Friday 20 January. Caturthī runs from 18:53 on Thu 19 Jan to 16:11 on Fri 20 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:53 → 00:1111:4048 min11:400 min19 Jan
Chicago04:53 → 02:1111:3848 min11:380 min19 Jan
Jersey City05:53 → 03:1111:4348 min11:440 min19 Jan
Port of Spain06:53 → 04:1111:5348 min11:530 min19 Jan
London10:53 → 08:1111:4848 min11:480 min19 Jan
Durban12:53 → 10:1111:420 min11:430 min20 Jan
Dubai14:53 → 12:1112:060 min12:065 min20 Jan
Delhi16:23 → 13:4112:080 min12:0848 min20 Jan
Kolkata16:23 → 13:4111:230 min11:2448 min20 Jan
Singapore18:23 → 15:4112:210 min12:2248 min20 Jan
Sydney20:53 → 18:1111:420 min11:4248 min20 Jan
Suva22:53 → 20:1111:530 min11:5348 min20 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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