Ruling · Gaṇeśa Caturthī · 1998

Wednesday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 122 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 Tuesday 25 August

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 26 August

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 14:46 on Tue 25 Aug to 17:04 on Wed 26 Aug.

    1998-08-25T06:46:27Z → 1998-08-26T09:04:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 7345 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Baoding, 1998: Wednesday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Caturthī 1998 falls on Wednesday 26 August. Caturthī runs from 14:46 on Tue 25 Aug to 17:04 on Wed 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/ganesha-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:46 → 02:0412:3148 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago01:46 → 04:0412:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City02:46 → 05:0412:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain02:46 → 05:0411:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London07:46 → 10:0412:3848 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban08:46 → 11:0411:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai10:46 → 13:0411:5748 min11:5648 min25 Aug
Delhi12:16 → 14:3411:5931 min11:5948 min25 Aug
Kolkata12:16 → 14:3411:150 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore14:46 → 17:0412:430 min12:4348 min26 Aug
Sydney16:46 → 19:0411:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva18:46 → 21:0411:450 min11:4448 min26 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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