Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 1952

Monday 6 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 340 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 6 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:13 moonrise
18:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:0120:25

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 7 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

19:56 moonrise
18:4419:0819:3219:5620:2020:4421:08

Absent 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 13:33 on Mon 6 Oct to 12:35 on Tue 7 Oct.

    1952-10-06T05:32:43Z → 1952-10-07T04:34:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:13 on the 6th and 19:56 on the 7th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 6th and is not 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 20400 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 1952: Monday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 1952 falls on Monday 6 October. Caturthī runs from 13:33 on Mon 6 Oct to 12:35 on Tue 7 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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 Angeles21:33 → 20:3519:30holds20:19no6 Oct
Chicago23:33 → 22:3518:58holds19:43no6 Oct
Jersey City00:33 → 23:3519:06holds19:52no6 Oct
Port of Spain01:33 → 00:3520:30holds21:24no6 Oct
London06:33 → 05:3519:15holds19:51no6 Oct
Durban07:33 → 06:3521:30holds22:33no6 Oct
Dubai09:33 → 08:3519:56holds20:46no6 Oct
Delhi11:03 → 10:0519:48holds20:35no6 Oct
Kolkata11:03 → 10:0519:15holds20:05no6 Oct
Singapore13:03 → 12:0520:52holds21:47no6 Oct
Sydney15:33 → 14:3521:18holds22:24no6 Oct
Suva17:33 → 16:3520:48holds21:48no6 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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