Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2019

Friday 8 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 21 s.

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 Friday 8 February

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī begins 12:48:10
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

8 of 48 minutes covered, the last 8

Midday of Saturday 9 February

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 12:48 on Fri 8 Feb to 14:56 on Sat 9 Feb.

    2019-02-08T04:48:11Z → 2019-02-09T06:56:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 8th, 12:09–12:57 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 8 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 501 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2019: Friday 8 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2019 falls on Friday 8 February. Caturthī runs from 12:48 on Fri 8 Feb to 14:56 on Sat 9 Feb and covers 8 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:48 → 22:5611:4348 min11:430 min8 Feb
Chicago22:48 → 00:5611:4148 min11:410 min8 Feb
Jersey City23:48 → 01:5611:4748 min11:470 min8 Feb
Port of Spain00:48 → 02:5611:5648 min11:560 min8 Feb
London04:48 → 06:5611:5148 min11:510 min8 Feb
Durban06:48 → 08:5611:4648 min11:460 min8 Feb
Dubai08:48 → 10:5612:0948 min12:090 min8 Feb
Delhi10:18 → 12:2612:1148 min12:1115 min8 Feb
Kolkata10:18 → 12:2611:2748 min11:2748 min8 Feb
Singapore12:48 → 14:5612:5548 min12:5548 min8 Feb
Sydney15:48 → 17:5612:450 min12:4548 min9 Feb
Suva16:48 → 18:5611:560 min11:5648 min9 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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