Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2048

Sunday 19 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 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 Saturday 18 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

Midday of Sunday 19 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 14:17 on Sat 18 Jan to 13:48 on Sun 19 Jan.

    2048-01-18T06:16:49Z → 2048-01-19T05:48:01Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 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 3311 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2048: Sunday 19 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2048 falls on Sunday 19 January. Caturthī runs from 14:17 on Sat 18 Jan to 13:48 on Sun 19 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:17 → 21:4811:4048 min11:400 min18 Jan
Chicago00:17 → 23:4811:3748 min11:370 min18 Jan
Jersey City01:17 → 00:4811:4348 min11:430 min18 Jan
Port of Spain02:17 → 01:4811:5248 min11:530 min18 Jan
London06:17 → 05:4811:4748 min11:470 min18 Jan
Durban08:17 → 07:4811:4248 min11:420 min18 Jan
Dubai10:17 → 09:4812:0548 min12:050 min18 Jan
Delhi11:47 → 11:1812:0748 min12:080 min18 Jan
Kolkata11:47 → 11:1811:2324 min11:230 min18 Jan
Singapore14:17 → 13:4812:510 min12:5148 min19 Jan
Sydney17:17 → 16:4812:410 min12:4148 min19 Jan
Suva18:17 → 17:4811:520 min11:5348 min19 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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