Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 1984

Monday 6 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 136 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 Sunday 5 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 Monday 6 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 15:13 on Sun 5 Feb to 17:44 on Mon 6 Feb.

    1984-02-05T07:12:49Z → 1984-02-06T09:44:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 5th, 12:08–12:56 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 8187 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 1984: Monday 6 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 1984 falls on Monday 6 February. Caturthī runs from 15:13 on Sun 5 Feb to 17:44 on Mon 6 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:13 → 01:4411:4348 min11:430 min5 Feb
Chicago01:13 → 03:4411:4148 min11:410 min5 Feb
Jersey City02:13 → 04:4411:4748 min11:470 min5 Feb
Port of Spain03:13 → 05:4411:5648 min11:560 min5 Feb
London07:13 → 09:4411:5148 min11:510 min5 Feb
Durban09:13 → 11:4411:4648 min11:460 min5 Feb
Dubai11:13 → 13:4412:0948 min12:0948 min5 Feb
Delhi12:43 → 15:1412:1116 min12:1148 min5 Feb
Kolkata12:43 → 15:1411:270 min11:2748 min6 Feb
Singapore15:13 → 17:4412:550 min12:5548 min6 Feb
Sydney18:13 → 20:4412:450 min12:4548 min6 Feb
Suva19:13 → 21:4411:560 min11:5648 min6 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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