Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1976

Wednesday 4 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 345 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 Tuesday 3 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 Wednesday 4 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 18:41 on Tue 3 Feb to 21:02 on Wed 4 Feb.

    1976-02-03T10:40:48Z → 1976-02-04T13:01:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 3rd, 12:08–12:56 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 20681 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1976: Wednesday 4 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1976 falls on Wednesday 4 February. Caturthī runs from 18:41 on Tue 3 Feb to 21:02 on Wed 4 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:41 → 05:0211:4348 min11:430 min3 Feb
Chicago04:41 → 07:0211:4148 min11:410 min3 Feb
Jersey City05:41 → 08:0211:4648 min11:460 min3 Feb
Port of Spain06:41 → 09:0211:5648 min11:560 min3 Feb
London10:41 → 13:0211:5148 min11:5148 min3 Feb
Durban12:41 → 15:0211:450 min11:4648 min4 Feb
Dubai14:41 → 17:0212:090 min12:0948 min4 Feb
Delhi16:11 → 18:3212:110 min12:1148 min4 Feb
Kolkata16:11 → 18:3211:260 min11:2748 min4 Feb
Singapore18:11 → 20:3212:240 min12:2448 min4 Feb
Sydney21:41 → 00:0212:450 min12:4548 min4 Feb
Suva22:41 → 01:0211:560 min11:5648 min4 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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