October 1992 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseĀśvina Śukla to Kārtika ŚuklaThe month ›

Ruling · 1992 · Baoding

Karaka Caturthī

Karwa Chauth

Thursday 15 October1992 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Determinatemargin 487 min

In Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 487 minutes.

Decide it forBaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two moonrises चन्द्रोदय

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.

Moonrise of Wednesday 14 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

18:55 moonrise
17:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:4320:07

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 15 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:41 moonrise
18:2918:5319:1719:4120:0520:2920:53

Holds at moonrise

Caturthī presentMoonrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 03:55 on Thu 15 Oct to 03:47 on Fri 16 Oct.

    1992-10-14T19:55:03Z → 1992-10-15T19:47:24Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Moonrise is at 18:55 on the 14th and 19:41 on the 15th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 14th and is on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 29191 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 1992: Thursday 15 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 1992 falls on Thursday 15 October. Caturthī runs from 03:55 on Thu 15 Oct to 03:47 on Fri 16 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/karaka-chaturthipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 clocks

PlaceCaturthīMoonrise 14thCoveredMoonrise 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:55 → 12:4720:12holds21:04no14 Oct
Chicago14:55 → 14:4719:43holds20:33no14 Oct
Jersey City15:55 → 15:4719:51holds20:40no14 Oct
Port of Spain15:55 → 15:4720:05holds20:58no14 Oct
London20:55 → 20:4719:06no19:50holds15 Oct
Durban21:55 → 21:4720:54no21:53no14 Oct
Dubai23:55 → 23:4719:34no20:25holds15 Oct
Delhi01:25 → 01:1719:27no20:16holds15 Oct
Kolkata01:25 → 01:1718:53no19:43holds15 Oct
Singapore03:55 → 03:4720:55no21:48holds15 Oct
Sydney05:55 → 05:4720:43no21:43holds15 Oct
Suva07:55 → 07:4720:17no21:14holds15 Oct
This ruling as JSON · ICS
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