Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2050

Wednesday 26 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 582 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 25 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 26 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

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 01:45 on Wed 26 Jan to 22:37 on Wed 26 Jan.

    2050-01-25T17:45:30Z → 2050-01-26T14:37:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 25th, 12:07–12:55 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 34947 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2050: Wednesday 26 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2050 falls on Wednesday 26 January. Caturthī runs from 01:45 on Wed 26 Jan to 22:37 on Wed 26 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2050/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:45 → 06:3711:4248 min11:420 min25 Jan
Chicago11:45 → 08:3711:3942 min11:390 min25 Jan
Jersey City12:45 → 09:3711:450 min11:450 min26 Jan
Port of Spain13:45 → 10:3711:550 min11:550 min26 Jan
London17:45 → 14:3711:490 min11:4948 min26 Jan
Durban19:45 → 16:3711:440 min11:4448 min26 Jan
Dubai21:45 → 18:3712:070 min12:0748 min26 Jan
Delhi23:15 → 20:0712:090 min12:1048 min26 Jan
Kolkata23:15 → 20:0711:250 min11:2548 min26 Jan
Singapore01:45 → 22:3712:530 min12:5348 min26 Jan
Sydney04:45 → 01:3712:430 min12:4348 min26 Jan
Suva05:45 → 02:3711:540 min11:5548 min26 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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