Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 1949

Monday 10 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 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 Monday 10 October

Taken. Both moonrises qualify; the rule takes the first.

19:10 moonrise
Caturthī begins 18:34:23
17:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:5820:22

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 11 October

Caturthī holds at moonrise here too. Not taken.

19:43 moonrise
Caturthī ends 20:43:00
18:3118:5519:1919:4320:0720:3120:55

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 18:34 on Mon 10 Oct to 20:43 on Tue 11 Oct.

    1949-10-10T10:34:23Z → 1949-10-11T12:43:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:10 on the 10th and 19:43 on the 11th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 10th and is on the 11th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both moonrises qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 2161 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 1949: Monday 10 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 1949 falls on Monday 10 October. Caturthī runs from 18:34 on Mon 10 Oct to 20:43 on Tue 11 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 10 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 10 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 10 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 10thCoveredMoonrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:34 → 04:4319:20holds20:00no10 Oct
Chicago04:34 → 06:4318:51holds19:26no10 Oct
Jersey City05:34 → 07:4318:59holds19:35no10 Oct
Port of Spain06:34 → 08:4320:18holds21:05no10 Oct
London11:34 → 13:4319:14holds19:39no10 Oct
Durban12:34 → 14:4321:14holds22:12no10 Oct
Dubai14:34 → 16:4319:49holds20:30no10 Oct
Delhi16:04 → 18:1319:42holds20:21no10 Oct
Kolkata16:04 → 18:1319:09holds19:50no10 Oct
Singapore18:04 → 20:1320:42holds21:30no10 Oct
Sydney20:34 → 22:4321:03holds22:03holds10 Oct
Suva22:34 → 00:4320:37no21:30holds11 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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