Ruling · Gaṇeśa Caturthī · 2003

Sunday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 229 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 Saturday 30 August

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 18:58 on Sat 30 Aug to 16:32 on Sun 31 Aug.

    2003-08-30T10:58:18Z → 2003-08-31T08:31:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 13756 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Baoding, 2003: Sunday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Caturthī 2003 falls on Sunday 31 August. Caturthī runs from 18:58 on Sat 30 Aug to 16:32 on Sun 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/ganesha-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:58 → 01:3212:2948 min12:290 min30 Aug
Chicago05:58 → 03:3212:2748 min12:270 min30 Aug
Jersey City06:58 → 04:3212:3348 min12:320 min30 Aug
Port of Spain06:58 → 04:3211:4348 min11:420 min30 Aug
London11:58 → 09:3212:3748 min12:360 min30 Aug
Durban12:58 → 10:3211:330 min11:330 min31 Aug
Dubai14:58 → 12:3211:550 min11:5537 min31 Aug
Delhi16:28 → 14:0211:580 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata16:28 → 14:0211:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore18:58 → 16:3212:410 min12:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney20:58 → 18:3211:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva22:58 → 20:3211:430 min11:4348 min31 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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