Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2002

Saturday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 603 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 Friday 15 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 16 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 23:00 on Fri 15 Feb to 01:32 on Sun 17 Feb.

    2002-02-15T15:00:00Z → 2002-02-16T17:32:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 36206 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2002: Saturday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2002 falls on Saturday 16 February. Caturthī runs from 23:00 on Fri 15 Feb to 01:32 on Sun 17 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:00 → 09:3211:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago09:00 → 11:3211:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City10:00 → 12:3211:4748 min11:4746 min15 Feb
Port of Spain11:00 → 13:3211:5648 min11:5648 min15 Feb
London15:00 → 17:3211:510 min11:5148 min16 Feb
Durban17:00 → 19:3211:460 min11:4648 min16 Feb
Dubai19:00 → 21:3212:090 min12:0948 min16 Feb
Delhi20:30 → 23:0212:110 min12:1148 min16 Feb
Kolkata20:30 → 23:0211:270 min11:2748 min16 Feb
Singapore23:00 → 01:3212:550 min12:5548 min16 Feb
Sydney02:00 → 04:3212:450 min12:4548 min16 Feb
Suva03:00 → 05:3211:560 min11:5648 min16 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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