Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2007

Monday 29 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 178 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 28 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

18:36 moonrise
17:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:48

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 29 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

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

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 01:35 on Mon 29 Oct to 22:31 on Mon 29 Oct.

    2007-10-28T17:35:21Z → 2007-10-29T14:31:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 18:36 on the 28th and 19:34 on the 29th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 28th and is on the 29th.

    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 10652 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2007: Monday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2007 falls on Monday 29 October. Caturthī runs from 01:35 on Mon 29 Oct to 22:31 on Mon 29 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 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 28thCoveredMoonrise 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:35 → 07:3120:05holds21:08no28 Oct
Chicago12:35 → 09:3119:28holds20:30no28 Oct
Jersey City13:35 → 10:3119:36holds20:38no28 Oct
Port of Spain13:35 → 10:3120:10holds21:14no28 Oct
London17:35 → 14:3117:32no18:28no28 Oct
Durban19:35 → 16:3121:19holds22:27no28 Oct
Dubai21:35 → 18:3119:28no20:30no28 Oct
Delhi23:05 → 20:0119:17no20:18no28 Oct
Kolkata23:05 → 20:0118:47no19:49holds29 Oct
Singapore01:35 → 22:3121:00no22:05holds29 Oct
Sydney04:35 → 01:3122:07no23:18holds29 Oct
Suva05:35 → 02:3120:30no21:38holds29 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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