Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2056

Thursday 20 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 227 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 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 Friday 21 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 06:53 on Thu 20 Jan to 08:18 on Fri 21 Jan.

    2056-01-19T22:53:10Z → 2056-01-21T00:18:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 20th, 12:05–12:53 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 13621 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2056: Thursday 20 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2056 falls on Thursday 20 January. Caturthī runs from 06:53 on Thu 20 Jan to 08:18 on Fri 21 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 20 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 20 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:53 → 16:1811:400 min11:400 min20 Jan
Chicago16:53 → 18:1811:380 min11:380 min20 Jan
Jersey City17:53 → 19:1811:430 min11:440 min20 Jan
Port of Spain18:53 → 20:1811:530 min11:530 min20 Jan
London22:53 → 00:1811:470 min11:480 min20 Jan
Durban00:53 → 02:1811:420 min11:430 min20 Jan
Dubai02:53 → 04:1812:050 min12:060 min20 Jan
Delhi04:23 → 05:4812:080 min12:080 min20 Jan
Kolkata04:23 → 05:4811:230 min11:240 min20 Jan
Singapore06:53 → 08:1812:510 min12:520 min20 Jan
Sydney09:53 → 11:1812:410 min12:420 min20 Jan
Suva10:53 → 12:1811:530 min11:5325 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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