Ruling · Gaṇeśa Caturthī · 2016

Monday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 524 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 Sunday 4 September

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 5 September

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 21:25 on Sun 4 Sep to 23:39 on Mon 5 Sep.

    2016-09-04T13:24:54Z → 2016-09-05T15:39:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:52–12:40 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 31446 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Baoding, 2016: Monday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Caturthī 2016 falls on Monday 5 September. Caturthī runs from 21:25 on Sun 4 Sep to 23:39 on Mon 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/ganesha-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 Sep
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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:25 → 08:3912:2748 min12:270 min4 Sep
Chicago08:25 → 10:3912:2548 min12:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City09:25 → 11:3912:3148 min12:300 min4 Sep
Port of Spain09:25 → 11:3911:4148 min11:400 min4 Sep
London14:25 → 16:3912:350 min12:3548 min5 Sep
Durban15:25 → 17:3911:310 min11:3148 min5 Sep
Dubai17:25 → 19:3911:530 min11:5348 min5 Sep
Delhi18:55 → 21:0911:560 min11:5548 min5 Sep
Kolkata18:55 → 21:0911:110 min11:1148 min5 Sep
Singapore21:25 → 23:3912:400 min12:3948 min5 Sep
Sydney23:25 → 01:3911:300 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva01:25 → 03:3911:410 min11:4148 min5 Sep
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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