Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 1933

Saturday 7 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 477 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two moonrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.

Moonrise of Friday 6 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

18:53 moonrise
17:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:4120:05

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 7 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:27 moonrise
18:1518:3919:0319:2719:5120:1520:39

Holds at moonrise

Caturthī presentMoonrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 02:50 on Sat 7 Oct to 04:29 on Sun 8 Oct.

    1933-10-06T18:50:27Z → 1933-10-07T20:28:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 18:53 on the 6th and 19:27 on the 7th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 6th and is on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 28645 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 1933: Saturday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 1933 falls on Saturday 7 October. Caturthī runs from 02:50 on Sat 7 Oct to 04:29 on Sun 8 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 Oct
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/karaka-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Moonrise
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 4 Karaka caturthi (current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīMoonrise 6thCoveredMoonrise 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:50 → 12:2919:03holds19:43no6 Oct
Chicago12:50 → 14:2918:35holds19:10no6 Oct
Jersey City13:50 → 15:2918:43holds19:19no6 Oct
Port of Spain14:50 → 16:2920:00holds20:47no6 Oct
London19:50 → 21:2918:59no19:25holds7 Oct
Durban20:50 → 22:2920:53holds21:52holds6 Oct
Dubai22:50 → 00:2919:31no20:13holds7 Oct
Delhi00:20 → 01:5919:24no20:04holds7 Oct
Kolkata00:20 → 01:5918:51no19:32holds7 Oct
Singapore02:10 → 03:4920:13no21:02holds7 Oct
Sydney04:50 → 06:2920:42no21:43holds7 Oct
Suva06:50 → 08:2920:17no21:11holds7 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
karaka-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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