Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 1982

Thursday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 381 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 Thursday 4 November

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:34 moonrise
18:2218:4619:1019:3419:5820:2220:46

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 5 November

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:29 moonrise
19:1719:4120:0520:2920:5321:1721:41

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 13:14 on Thu 4 Nov to 10:33 on Fri 5 Nov.

    1982-11-04T05:13:39Z → 1982-11-05T02:33:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:34 on the 4th and 20:29 on the 5th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 4th and is not on the 5th.

    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 22836 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 1982: Thursday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 1982 falls on Thursday 4 November. Caturthī runs from 13:14 on Thu 4 Nov to 10:33 on Fri 5 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 4 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 4thCoveredMoonrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:14 → 18:3319:58no20:58no3 Nov
Chicago23:14 → 20:3319:27holds20:26no4 Nov
Jersey City00:14 → 21:3319:35holds20:34no4 Nov
Port of Spain01:14 → 22:3320:51holds21:52no4 Nov
London05:14 → 02:3318:45holds19:40no4 Nov
Durban07:14 → 04:3321:42holds22:46no4 Nov
Dubai09:14 → 06:3320:17holds21:16no4 Nov
Delhi10:44 → 08:0320:08holds21:06no4 Nov
Kolkata10:44 → 08:0319:35holds20:34no4 Nov
Singapore13:14 → 10:3321:39holds22:40no4 Nov
Sydney16:14 → 13:3322:29holds23:35no4 Nov
Suva17:14 → 14:3321:01holds22:05no4 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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