Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2078

Wednesday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 Tuesday 15 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī begins 13:15:55
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 16 February

Taken. Caturthī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 13:16 on Tue 15 Feb to 10:22 on Wed 16 Feb.

    2078-02-15T05:15:56Z → 2078-02-16T02:22:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1159 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2078: Wednesday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2078 falls on Wednesday 16 February. Caturthī runs from 13:16 on Tue 15 Feb to 10:22 on Wed 16 Feb, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 Feb
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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:16 → 18:2211:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago23:16 → 20:2211:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City00:16 → 21:2211:4748 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain01:16 → 22:2211:5648 min11:560 min15 Feb
London05:16 → 02:2211:5148 min11:510 min15 Feb
Durban07:16 → 04:2211:4648 min11:460 min15 Feb
Dubai09:16 → 06:2212:0948 min12:090 min15 Feb
Delhi10:46 → 07:5212:1148 min12:110 min15 Feb
Kolkata10:46 → 07:5211:2748 min11:270 min15 Feb
Singapore13:16 → 10:2212:5527 min12:550 min15 Feb
Sydney16:16 → 13:2212:450 min12:4537 min16 Feb
Suva17:16 → 14:2211:560 min11:5648 min16 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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