Ruling · Gaṇeśa Caturthī · 2014

Friday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 342 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 29 August

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 04:40 on Fri 29 Aug to 06:13 on Sat 30 Aug.

    2014-08-28T20:40:07Z → 2014-08-29T22:12:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:55–12:43 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 20506 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Baoding, 2014: Friday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Caturthī 2014 falls on Friday 29 August. Caturthī runs from 04:40 on Fri 29 Aug to 06:13 on Sat 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/ganesha-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:40 → 15:1312:300 min12:3048 min29 Aug
Chicago15:40 → 17:1312:270 min12:2748 min29 Aug
Jersey City16:40 → 18:1312:330 min12:3348 min29 Aug
Port of Spain16:40 → 18:1311:430 min11:4348 min29 Aug
London21:40 → 23:1312:370 min12:3748 min29 Aug
Durban22:40 → 00:1311:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Dubai00:40 → 02:1311:560 min11:5648 min29 Aug
Delhi02:10 → 03:4311:580 min11:5848 min29 Aug
Kolkata02:10 → 03:4311:140 min11:1348 min29 Aug
Singapore04:40 → 06:1312:420 min12:4248 min29 Aug
Sydney06:40 → 08:1311:330 min11:3248 min29 Aug
Suva08:40 → 10:1311:440 min11:4448 min29 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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