Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2037

Tuesday 20 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 497 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 20 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 Wednesday 21 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 01:05 on Tue 20 Jan to 03:49 on Wed 21 Jan.

    2037-01-19T17:04:43Z → 2037-01-20T19:48:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 20th, 12:06–12:54 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 29824 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2037: Tuesday 20 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2037 falls on Tuesday 20 January. Caturthī runs from 01:05 on Tue 20 Jan to 03:49 on Wed 21 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2037/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:05 → 11:4911:4048 min11:408 min19 Jan
Chicago11:05 → 13:4911:3848 min11:3848 min19 Jan
Jersey City12:05 → 14:4911:4327 min11:4448 min19 Jan
Port of Spain13:05 → 15:4911:530 min11:5348 min20 Jan
London17:05 → 19:4911:480 min11:4848 min20 Jan
Durban19:05 → 21:4911:420 min11:4348 min20 Jan
Dubai21:05 → 23:4912:060 min12:0648 min20 Jan
Delhi22:35 → 01:1912:080 min12:0848 min20 Jan
Kolkata22:35 → 01:1911:230 min11:2448 min20 Jan
Singapore01:05 → 03:4912:510 min12:5248 min20 Jan
Sydney04:05 → 06:4912:420 min12:4248 min20 Jan
Suva05:05 → 07:4911:530 min11:5348 min20 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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