Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2074

Wednesday 31 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 119 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 Tuesday 30 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 14:55 on Tue 30 Jan to 16:12 on Wed 31 Jan.

    2074-01-30T06:54:32Z → 2074-01-31T08:12:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 30th, 12:08–12:56 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 7131 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2074: Wednesday 31 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2074 falls on Wednesday 31 January. Caturthī runs from 14:55 on Tue 30 Jan to 16:12 on Wed 31 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 31 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 31 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:55 → 00:1211:4348 min11:430 min30 Jan
Chicago00:55 → 02:1211:4048 min11:400 min30 Jan
Jersey City01:55 → 03:1211:4648 min11:460 min30 Jan
Port of Spain02:55 → 04:1211:5648 min11:560 min30 Jan
London06:55 → 08:1211:5048 min11:500 min30 Jan
Durban08:55 → 10:1211:4548 min11:450 min30 Jan
Dubai10:55 → 12:1212:0848 min12:084 min30 Jan
Delhi12:25 → 13:4212:1134 min12:1148 min30 Jan
Kolkata12:25 → 13:4211:260 min11:2648 min31 Jan
Singapore14:55 → 16:1212:540 min12:5448 min31 Jan
Sydney17:55 → 19:1212:440 min12:4448 min31 Jan
Suva18:55 → 20:1211:550 min11:5648 min31 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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