Ruling · Gaṇeśa Caturthī · 2001

Wednesday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 484 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 21 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

Midday of Wednesday 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

Caturthī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 23:48 on Tue 21 Aug to 20:49 on Wed 22 Aug.

    2001-08-21T15:47:53Z → 2001-08-22T12:48:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 29034 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Baoding, 2001: Wednesday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Caturthī 2001 falls on Wednesday 22 August. Caturthī runs from 23:48 on Tue 21 Aug to 20:49 on Wed 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/ganesha-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles08:48 → 05:4912:3248 min12:310 min21 Aug
Chicago10:48 → 07:4912:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City11:48 → 08:4912:3548 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain11:48 → 08:4911:4545 min11:450 min21 Aug
London16:48 → 13:4912:390 min12:3948 min22 Aug
Durban17:48 → 14:4911:350 min11:3548 min22 Aug
Dubai19:48 → 16:4911:580 min11:5748 min22 Aug
Delhi21:18 → 18:1912:000 min12:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata21:18 → 18:1911:160 min11:1548 min22 Aug
Singapore23:48 → 20:4912:440 min12:4448 min22 Aug
Sydney01:48 → 22:4911:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva03:48 → 00:4911:460 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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