Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2006

Tuesday 10 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 194 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 Monday 9 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 Tuesday 10 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:35 moonrise
18:2318:4719:1119:3519:5920:2320:47

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 01:13 on Tue 10 Oct to 22:49 on Tue 10 Oct.

    2006-10-09T17:13:11Z → 2006-10-10T14:49:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 18:55 on the 9th and 19:35 on the 10th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 9th and is on the 10th.

    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 11639 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2006: Tuesday 10 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2006 falls on Tuesday 10 October. Caturthī runs from 01:13 on Tue 10 Oct to 22:49 on Tue 10 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 10 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 9thCoveredMoonrise 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:13 → 07:4920:09holds20:58no9 Oct
Chicago12:13 → 09:4919:39holds20:22no9 Oct
Jersey City13:13 → 10:4919:47holds20:31no9 Oct
Port of Spain13:13 → 10:4920:07holds21:03no9 Oct
London18:13 → 15:4919:01holds19:31no9 Oct
Durban19:13 → 16:4921:01holds22:11no9 Oct
Dubai21:13 → 18:4919:35no20:24no9 Oct
Delhi22:43 → 20:1919:27no20:14holds10 Oct
Kolkata22:43 → 20:1918:53no19:43holds10 Oct
Singapore01:13 → 22:4920:57no21:55holds10 Oct
Sydney03:13 → 00:4920:45no21:59holds10 Oct
Suva05:13 → 02:4920:18no21:24holds10 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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