Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2006

Wednesday 1 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 41 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 Wednesday 1 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī begins 11:26:42
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 2 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 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 11:27 on Wed 1 Feb to 08:26 on Thu 2 Feb.

    2006-02-01T03:26:42Z → 2006-02-02T00:25:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 1st, 12:08–12:56 on the 2nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 2472 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2006: Wednesday 1 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2006 falls on Wednesday 1 February. Caturthī runs from 11:27 on Wed 1 Feb to 08:26 on Thu 2 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:27 → 16:2611:4348 min11:430 min1 Feb
Chicago21:27 → 18:2611:4048 min11:410 min1 Feb
Jersey City22:27 → 19:2611:4648 min11:460 min1 Feb
Port of Spain23:27 → 20:2611:5648 min11:560 min1 Feb
London03:27 → 00:2611:5048 min11:510 min1 Feb
Durban05:27 → 02:2611:4548 min11:450 min1 Feb
Dubai07:27 → 04:2612:0848 min12:090 min1 Feb
Delhi08:57 → 05:5612:1148 min12:110 min1 Feb
Kolkata08:57 → 05:5611:2648 min11:260 min1 Feb
Singapore11:27 → 08:2612:5448 min12:540 min1 Feb
Sydney14:27 → 11:2612:440 min12:450 min2 Feb
Suva15:27 → 12:2611:560 min11:5630 min2 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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