Midday of Wednesday 12 February
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 12:09 12:57 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī begins 12:11:28
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2081
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 47 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 12 February
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Midday of Thursday 13 February
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturthī runs from 12:11 on Wed 12 Feb to 14:26 on Thu 13 Feb.
2081-02-12T04:11:29Z → 2081-02-13T06:26:16Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 12th, 12:09–12:57 on the 13th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 167 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2081: Wednesday 12 February.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2081 falls on Wednesday 12 February. Caturthī runs from 12:11 on Wed 12 Feb to 14:26 on Thu 13 Feb and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 12 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 12 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 12 Feb |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/ganesha-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturthī | Madhyāhna 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:11 → 22:26 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 12 Feb |
| Chicago | 22:11 → 00:26 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 12 Feb |
| Jersey City | 23:11 → 01:26 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 12 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 00:11 → 02:26 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 12 Feb |
| London | 04:11 → 06:26 | 11:51 | 48 min | 11:51 | 0 min | 12 Feb |
| Durban | 06:11 → 08:26 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 12 Feb |
| Dubai | 08:11 → 10:26 | 12:09 | 48 min | 12:09 | 0 min | 12 Feb |
| Delhi | 09:41 → 11:56 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 12 Feb |
| Kolkata | 09:41 → 11:56 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 29 min | 12 Feb |
| Singapore | 12:11 → 14:26 | 12:55 | 48 min | 12:55 | 48 min | 12 Feb |
| Sydney | 15:11 → 17:26 | 12:45 | 0 min | 12:45 | 48 min | 13 Feb |
| Suva | 16:11 → 18:26 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:56 | 48 min | 13 Feb |