Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2004

Sunday 25 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 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 Saturday 24 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 25 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 22:49 on Sat 24 Jan to 22:06 on Sun 25 Jan.

    2004-01-24T14:49:21Z → 2004-01-25T14:06:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 24th, 12:06–12:54 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 33108 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2004: Sunday 25 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2004 falls on Sunday 25 January. Caturthī runs from 22:49 on Sat 24 Jan to 22:06 on Sun 25 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 25 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 25 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 25 Jan
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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:49 → 06:0611:4148 min11:410 min24 Jan
Chicago08:49 → 08:0611:3948 min11:390 min24 Jan
Jersey City09:49 → 09:0611:4548 min11:450 min24 Jan
Port of Spain10:49 → 10:0611:5448 min11:540 min24 Jan
London14:49 → 14:0611:490 min11:4948 min25 Jan
Durban16:49 → 16:0611:440 min11:4448 min25 Jan
Dubai18:49 → 18:0612:070 min12:0748 min25 Jan
Delhi20:19 → 19:3612:090 min12:0948 min25 Jan
Kolkata20:19 → 19:3611:250 min11:2548 min25 Jan
Singapore22:49 → 22:0612:520 min12:5348 min25 Jan
Sydney01:49 → 01:0612:430 min12:4348 min25 Jan
Suva02:49 → 02:0611:540 min11:5448 min25 Jan
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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