Ruling · Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) · 2025

Saturday 1 February

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 minutes.

Decide it for

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23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 1 February

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:17  13:05 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī begins 11:38:49
11:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:2913:53

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 2 February

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:17  13:05 madhyāhna ends
11:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:2913:53

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 11:39 on Sat 1 Feb to 09:15 on Sun 2 Feb.

    2025-02-01T06:08:49Z → 2025-02-02T03:44:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:17–13:05 on the 1st, 12:17–13:05 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 2265 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṇeśa Jayantī, Ujjain, 2025: Saturday 1 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Gaṇeśa Jayantī (Maghi Ganesh Jayanti) 2025 falls on Saturday 1 February. Caturthī runs from 11:39 on Sat 1 Feb to 09:15 on Sun 2 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2025/ganesha-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:09 → 19:4511:4348 min11:430 min1 Feb
Chicago00:09 → 21:4511:4048 min11:410 min1 Feb
Jersey City01:09 → 22:4511:4648 min11:460 min1 Feb
Port of Spain02:09 → 23:4511:5648 min11:560 min1 Feb
London06:09 → 03:4511:5048 min11:510 min1 Feb
Durban08:09 → 05:4511:4548 min11:450 min1 Feb
Dubai10:09 → 07:4512:0848 min12:090 min1 Feb
Delhi11:39 → 09:1512:1148 min12:110 min1 Feb
Kolkata11:39 → 09:1511:2635 min11:260 min1 Feb
Singapore14:09 → 11:4512:540 min12:540 min2 Feb
Sydney17:09 → 14:4512:440 min12:4548 min2 Feb
Suva18:09 → 15:4511:560 min11:5648 min2 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