Ruling · Gaṇeśa Caturthī · 2039

Tuesday 23 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 542 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 Tuesday 23 August

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 August

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 02:55 on Tue 23 Aug to 01:34 on Wed 24 Aug.

    2039-08-22T18:54:56Z → 2039-08-23T17:34:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 32502 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Baoding, 2039: Tuesday 23 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Caturthī 2039 falls on Tuesday 23 August. Caturthī runs from 02:55 on Tue 23 Aug to 01:34 on Wed 24 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2039/ganesha-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 Aug
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-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 4 Varada caturthi (purvaviddha, madhyahnavyapini), Samvatsari parva (Jain-caturthi paksa), Saubhagya caturthi (Bengal), Ganesa caturthi (madhyahna vyapini and purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:55 → 10:3412:3248 min12:310 min22 Aug
Chicago13:55 → 12:3412:290 min12:295 min23 Aug
Jersey City14:55 → 13:3412:350 min12:3548 min23 Aug
Port of Spain14:55 → 13:3411:450 min11:4548 min23 Aug
London19:55 → 18:3412:390 min12:3948 min23 Aug
Durban20:55 → 19:3411:350 min11:3548 min23 Aug
Dubai22:55 → 21:3411:580 min11:5748 min23 Aug
Delhi00:25 → 23:0412:000 min12:0048 min23 Aug
Kolkata00:25 → 23:0411:150 min11:1548 min23 Aug
Singapore02:55 → 01:3412:440 min12:4348 min23 Aug
Sydney04:55 → 03:3411:340 min11:3448 min23 Aug
Suva06:55 → 05:3411:460 min11:4548 min23 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ganesha-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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