Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2055

Sunday 31 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 26 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 31 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 1 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī ends 11:41:36
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 08:58 on Sun 31 Jan to 11:42 on Mon 1 Feb.

    2055-01-31T00:58:12Z → 2055-02-01T03:41:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 31st, 12:08–12:56 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 1577 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2055: Sunday 31 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2055 falls on Sunday 31 January. Caturthī runs from 08:58 on Sun 31 Jan to 11:42 on Mon 1 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2055/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 31 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 31 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 31 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:58 → 19:4211:4348 min11:430 min31 Jan
Chicago18:58 → 21:4211:4048 min11:400 min31 Jan
Jersey City19:58 → 22:4211:4648 min11:460 min31 Jan
Port of Spain20:58 → 23:4211:5648 min11:560 min31 Jan
London00:58 → 03:4211:5048 min11:500 min31 Jan
Durban02:58 → 05:4211:4548 min11:450 min31 Jan
Dubai04:58 → 07:4212:0848 min12:080 min31 Jan
Delhi06:28 → 09:1212:1148 min12:110 min31 Jan
Kolkata06:28 → 09:1211:2648 min11:260 min31 Jan
Singapore08:58 → 11:4212:5448 min12:540 min31 Jan
Sydney11:58 → 14:4212:4448 min12:4448 min31 Jan
Suva12:58 → 15:4211:560 min11:5648 min1 Feb
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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