Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2029

Thursday 18 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 318 minutes.

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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 18 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 19 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 04:44 on Thu 18 Jan to 06:47 on Fri 19 Jan.

    2029-01-17T20:44:29Z → 2029-01-18T22:47:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 18th, 12:05–12:53 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 19056 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2029: Thursday 18 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2029 falls on Thursday 18 January. Caturthī runs from 04:44 on Thu 18 Jan to 06:47 on Fri 19 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2029/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 18 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 18 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 18 Jan
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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:44 → 14:4711:390 min11:4048 min18 Jan
Chicago14:44 → 16:4711:370 min11:3748 min18 Jan
Jersey City15:44 → 17:4711:430 min11:4348 min18 Jan
Port of Spain16:44 → 18:4711:520 min11:5348 min18 Jan
London20:44 → 22:4711:470 min11:4748 min18 Jan
Durban22:44 → 00:4711:420 min11:4248 min18 Jan
Dubai00:44 → 02:4712:050 min12:0548 min18 Jan
Delhi02:14 → 04:1712:070 min12:0848 min18 Jan
Kolkata02:14 → 04:1711:230 min11:2348 min18 Jan
Singapore04:44 → 06:4712:510 min12:5148 min18 Jan
Sydney07:44 → 09:4712:410 min12:4148 min18 Jan
Suva08:44 → 10:4711:520 min11:5348 min18 Jan
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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