Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1968

Friday 2 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 626 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 1 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 2 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 23:22 on Thu 1 Feb to 00:24 on Sat 3 Feb.

    1968-02-01T15:22:10Z → 1968-02-02T16:23:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 1st, 12:08–12:56 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 37577 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1968: Friday 2 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1968 falls on Friday 2 February. Caturthī runs from 23:22 on Thu 1 Feb to 00:24 on Sat 3 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:22 → 08:2411:4348 min11:430 min1 Feb
Chicago09:22 → 10:2411:4048 min11:410 min1 Feb
Jersey City10:22 → 11:2411:4648 min11:460 min1 Feb
Port of Spain11:22 → 12:2411:5648 min11:5628 min1 Feb
London15:22 → 16:2411:500 min11:5148 min2 Feb
Durban17:22 → 18:2411:450 min11:4548 min2 Feb
Dubai19:22 → 20:2412:080 min12:0948 min2 Feb
Delhi20:52 → 21:5412:110 min12:1148 min2 Feb
Kolkata20:52 → 21:5411:260 min11:2648 min2 Feb
Singapore22:52 → 23:5412:240 min12:2448 min2 Feb
Sydney01:22 → 02:2411:440 min11:4548 min2 Feb
Suva03:22 → 04:2411:560 min11:5648 min2 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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