Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 1966

Wednesday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 101 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 Tuesday 1 November

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

18:59 moonrise
17:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:4720:11

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 2 November

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:45 moonrise
18:3318:5719:2119:4520:0920:3320:57

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 21:15 on Tue 1 Nov to 21:26 on Wed 2 Nov.

    1966-11-01T13:14:41Z → 1966-11-02T13:25:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 18:59 on the 1st and 19:45 on the 2nd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 1st and is on the 2nd.

    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 6069 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 1966: Wednesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 1966 falls on Wednesday 2 November. Caturthī runs from 21:15 on Tue 1 Nov to 21:26 on Wed 2 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1966/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 Nov
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 1stCoveredMoonrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:15 → 05:2619:19holds20:12no1 Nov
Chicago07:15 → 07:2618:45holds19:35no1 Nov
Jersey City08:15 → 08:2618:53holds19:43no1 Nov
Port of Spain09:15 → 09:2620:22holds21:17no1 Nov
London13:15 → 13:2617:57holds18:40no1 Nov
Durban15:15 → 15:2621:26holds22:27no1 Nov
Dubai17:15 → 17:2619:46holds20:37no1 Nov
Delhi18:45 → 18:5619:36holds20:26no1 Nov
Kolkata18:45 → 18:5619:05holds19:56no1 Nov
Singapore20:45 → 20:5620:45holds21:40no1 Nov
Sydney23:15 → 23:2621:16no22:19holds2 Nov
Suva01:15 → 01:2620:44no21:42holds2 Nov
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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