Ruling · Gaṇeśa Caturthī · 1982

Sunday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 471 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 22 August

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 23 August

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 04:06 on Sun 22 Aug to 03:07 on Mon 23 Aug.

    1982-08-21T20:05:37Z → 1982-08-22T19:06:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd, 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 28272 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Baoding, 1982: Sunday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Caturthī 1982 falls on Sunday 22 August. Caturthī runs from 04:06 on Sun 22 Aug to 03:07 on Mon 23 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/ganesha-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 22 Aug
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-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 4 Varada caturthi (purvaviddha, madhyahnavyapini), Samvatsari parva (Jain-caturthi paksa), Saubhagya caturthi (Bengal), Ganesa caturthi (madhyahna vyapini and purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:06 → 12:0712:3214 min12:320 min21 Aug
Chicago15:06 → 14:0712:290 min12:2948 min22 Aug
Jersey City16:06 → 15:0712:350 min12:3548 min22 Aug
Port of Spain16:06 → 15:0711:450 min11:4548 min22 Aug
London21:06 → 20:0712:390 min12:3948 min22 Aug
Durban22:06 → 21:0711:350 min11:3548 min22 Aug
Dubai00:06 → 23:0711:580 min11:5848 min22 Aug
Delhi01:36 → 00:3712:000 min12:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata01:36 → 00:3711:160 min11:1548 min22 Aug
Singapore04:06 → 03:0712:440 min12:4448 min22 Aug
Sydney06:06 → 05:0711:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva08:06 → 07:0711:460 min11:4548 min22 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ganesha-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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