Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2001

Sunday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 334 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 4 November

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:28 moonrise
18:1618:4019:0419:2819:5220:1620:40

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 5 November

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:19 moonrise
19:0719:3119:5520:1920:4321:0721:31

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 13:55 on Sun 4 Nov to 13:16 on Mon 5 Nov.

    2001-11-04T05:54:49Z → 2001-11-05T05:15:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:28 on the 4th and 20:19 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 20014 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2001: Sunday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2001 falls on Sunday 4 November. Caturthī runs from 13:55 on Sun 4 Nov to 13:16 on Mon 5 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 Angeles21:55 → 21:1619:49holds20:45no4 Nov
Chicago23:55 → 23:1619:18holds20:13no4 Nov
Jersey City00:55 → 00:1619:26holds20:20no4 Nov
Port of Spain01:55 → 01:1620:45holds21:42no4 Nov
London05:55 → 05:1618:36holds19:26no4 Nov
Durban07:55 → 07:1621:39holds22:39no4 Nov
Dubai09:55 → 09:1620:12holds21:06no4 Nov
Delhi11:25 → 10:4620:03holds20:56no4 Nov
Kolkata11:25 → 10:4619:30holds20:24no4 Nov
Singapore13:55 → 13:1621:35holds22:31no4 Nov
Sydney16:55 → 16:1622:28holds23:29no4 Nov
Suva17:55 → 17:1620:59holds21:58no4 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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