Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2094

Wednesday 20 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

Decide it for

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 19 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

Midday of Wednesday 20 January

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī ends 13:17:46
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 16:19 on Tue 19 Jan to 13:18 on Wed 20 Jan.

    2094-01-19T08:19:30Z → 2094-01-20T05:17:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 19th, 12:06–12:54 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 1454 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2094: Wednesday 20 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2094 falls on Wednesday 20 January. Caturthī runs from 16:19 on Tue 19 Jan to 13:18 on Wed 20 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2094/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:19 → 21:1811:4048 min11:410 min19 Jan
Chicago02:19 → 23:1811:3848 min11:380 min19 Jan
Jersey City03:19 → 00:1811:4448 min11:440 min19 Jan
Port of Spain04:19 → 01:1811:5348 min11:530 min19 Jan
London08:19 → 05:1811:4848 min11:480 min19 Jan
Durban10:19 → 07:1811:4348 min11:430 min19 Jan
Dubai12:19 → 09:1812:0634 min12:060 min19 Jan
Delhi13:49 → 10:4812:080 min12:080 min20 Jan
Kolkata13:49 → 10:4811:240 min11:240 min20 Jan
Singapore16:19 → 13:1812:520 min12:5226 min20 Jan
Sydney19:19 → 16:1812:420 min12:4248 min20 Jan
Suva20:19 → 17:1811:530 min11:5348 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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