Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2016

Friday 12 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 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 Thursday 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

Midday of Friday 12 February

Taken. Caturthī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī ends 11:47:10
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 14:33 on Thu 11 Feb to 11:47 on Fri 12 Feb.

    2016-02-11T06:33:14Z → 2016-02-12T03:47:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1287 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2016: Friday 12 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2016 falls on Friday 12 February. Caturthī runs from 14:33 on Thu 11 Feb to 11:47 on Fri 12 Feb, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 12 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 12 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:33 → 19:4711:4348 min11:430 min11 Feb
Chicago00:33 → 21:4711:4148 min11:410 min11 Feb
Jersey City01:33 → 22:4711:4748 min11:470 min11 Feb
Port of Spain02:33 → 23:4711:5648 min11:560 min11 Feb
London06:33 → 03:4711:5148 min11:510 min11 Feb
Durban08:33 → 05:4711:4648 min11:460 min11 Feb
Dubai10:33 → 07:4712:0948 min12:090 min11 Feb
Delhi12:03 → 09:1712:1148 min12:110 min11 Feb
Kolkata12:03 → 09:1711:2712 min11:270 min11 Feb
Singapore14:33 → 11:4712:550 min12:550 min12 Feb
Sydney17:33 → 14:4712:450 min12:4548 min12 Feb
Suva18:33 → 15:4711:560 min11:5648 min12 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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