Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2097

Saturday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 40 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 Friday 15 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 16 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī ends 13:37:01
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 14:40 on Fri 15 Feb to 13:37 on Sat 16 Feb.

    2097-02-15T06:39:46Z → 2097-02-16T05:37:02Z

  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 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 2424 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Baoding, 2097: Saturday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2097 falls on Saturday 16 February. Caturthī runs from 14:40 on Fri 15 Feb to 13:37 on Sat 16 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 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 Angeles22:40 → 21:3711:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago00:40 → 23:3711:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City01:40 → 00:3711:4748 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain02:40 → 01:3711:5648 min11:560 min15 Feb
London06:40 → 05:3711:5148 min11:510 min15 Feb
Durban08:40 → 07:3711:4648 min11:460 min15 Feb
Dubai10:40 → 09:3712:0948 min12:090 min15 Feb
Delhi12:10 → 11:0712:1248 min12:110 min15 Feb
Kolkata12:10 → 11:0711:275 min11:270 min15 Feb
Singapore14:40 → 13:3712:550 min12:5542 min16 Feb
Sydney17:40 → 16:3712:450 min12:4548 min16 Feb
Suva18:40 → 17:3711:560 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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