Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 1990

Sunday 7 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 509 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 Sunday 7 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:20 moonrise
18:0818:3218:5619:2019:4420:0820:32

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 8 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:12 moonrise
19:0019:2419:4820:1220:3621:0021:24

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 10:51 on Sun 7 Oct to 07:47 on Mon 8 Oct.

    1990-10-07T02:50:47Z → 1990-10-07T23:46:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:20 on the 7th and 20:12 on the 8th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 7th and is not on the 8th.

    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 30564 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 1990: Sunday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 1990 falls on Sunday 7 October. Caturthī runs from 10:51 on Sun 7 Oct to 07:47 on Mon 8 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1990/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 7thCoveredMoonrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:51 → 16:4720:43no21:42no6 Oct
Chicago21:51 → 18:4720:10no21:06no6 Oct
Jersey City22:51 → 19:4720:18no21:14no6 Oct
Port of Spain22:51 → 19:4720:43no21:44no6 Oct
London03:51 → 00:4719:24holds20:12no7 Oct
Durban04:51 → 01:4721:41holds22:50no7 Oct
Dubai06:51 → 03:4720:06holds21:03no7 Oct
Delhi08:21 → 05:1719:56holds20:53no7 Oct
Kolkata08:21 → 05:1719:24holds20:22no7 Oct
Singapore10:51 → 07:4721:31holds22:34no7 Oct
Sydney12:51 → 09:4721:28holds22:39no7 Oct
Suva14:51 → 11:4720:56holds22:03no7 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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