Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2088

Tuesday 27 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 466 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 27 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 28 January

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

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 04:21 on Tue 27 Jan to 03:50 on Wed 28 Jan.

    2088-01-26T20:20:41Z → 2088-01-27T19:49:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 27th, 12:07–12:55 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 27988 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2088: Tuesday 27 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2088 falls on Tuesday 27 January. Caturthī runs from 04:21 on Tue 27 Jan to 03:50 on Wed 28 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2088/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:21 → 11:5011:429 min11:428 min26 Jan
Chicago14:21 → 13:5011:400 min11:4048 min27 Jan
Jersey City15:21 → 14:5011:450 min11:4548 min27 Jan
Port of Spain16:21 → 15:5011:550 min11:5548 min27 Jan
London20:21 → 19:5011:490 min11:5048 min27 Jan
Durban22:21 → 21:5011:440 min11:4548 min27 Jan
Dubai00:21 → 23:5012:080 min12:0848 min27 Jan
Delhi01:51 → 01:2012:100 min12:1048 min27 Jan
Kolkata01:51 → 01:2011:250 min11:2548 min27 Jan
Singapore04:21 → 03:5012:530 min12:5348 min27 Jan
Sydney07:21 → 06:5012:440 min12:4448 min27 Jan
Suva08:21 → 07:5011:550 min11:5548 min27 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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