Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2024

Tuesday 13 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 256 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 Monday 12 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 Tuesday 13 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 20:15 on Mon 12 Feb to 17:13 on Tue 13 Feb.

    2024-02-12T12:14:49Z → 2024-02-13T09:12:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 12th, 12:09–12:57 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 15356 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2024: Tuesday 13 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2024 falls on Tuesday 13 February. Caturthī runs from 20:15 on Mon 12 Feb to 17:13 on Tue 13 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 13 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 13 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:15 → 01:1311:4348 min11:430 min12 Feb
Chicago06:15 → 03:1311:4148 min11:410 min12 Feb
Jersey City07:15 → 04:1311:4748 min11:470 min12 Feb
Port of Spain08:15 → 05:1311:5648 min11:560 min12 Feb
London12:15 → 09:1311:5124 min11:510 min12 Feb
Durban14:15 → 11:1311:460 min11:460 min13 Feb
Dubai16:15 → 13:1312:090 min12:0948 min13 Feb
Delhi17:45 → 14:4312:110 min12:1148 min13 Feb
Kolkata17:45 → 14:4311:270 min11:2748 min13 Feb
Singapore20:15 → 17:1312:550 min12:5548 min13 Feb
Sydney23:15 → 20:1312:450 min12:4548 min13 Feb
Suva00:15 → 21:1311:560 min11:5648 min13 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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