Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2008

Sunday 10 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 220 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 Sunday 10 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

Midday of Monday 11 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 08:29 on Sun 10 Feb to 06:45 on Mon 11 Feb.

    2008-02-10T00:28:45Z → 2008-02-10T22:45:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 10th, 12:09–12:57 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 13193 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2008: Sunday 10 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2008 falls on Sunday 10 February. Caturthī runs from 08:29 on Sun 10 Feb to 06:45 on Mon 11 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 10 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 10 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 10 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:29 → 14:4511:4348 min11:430 min10 Feb
Chicago18:29 → 16:4511:4148 min11:410 min10 Feb
Jersey City19:29 → 17:4511:4748 min11:470 min10 Feb
Port of Spain20:29 → 18:4511:5648 min11:560 min10 Feb
London00:29 → 22:4511:5148 min11:510 min10 Feb
Durban02:29 → 00:4511:4648 min11:460 min10 Feb
Dubai04:29 → 02:4512:0948 min12:090 min10 Feb
Delhi05:59 → 04:1512:1148 min12:120 min10 Feb
Kolkata05:59 → 04:1511:2748 min11:270 min10 Feb
Singapore08:29 → 06:4512:5548 min12:550 min10 Feb
Sydney11:29 → 09:4512:4548 min12:450 min10 Feb
Suva12:29 → 10:4511:5616 min11:560 min10 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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