Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2012

Friday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 379 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 Friday 2 November

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:38 moonrise
18:2618:5019:1419:3820:0220:2620:50

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 3 November

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:28 moonrise
19:1619:4020:0420:2820:5221:1621:40

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 11:29 on Fri 2 Nov to 14:09 on Sat 3 Nov.

    2012-11-02T03:29:08Z → 2012-11-03T06:09:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:38 on the 2nd and 20:28 on the 3rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 2nd and is not on the 3rd.

    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 22741 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2012: Friday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2012 falls on Friday 2 November. Caturthī runs from 11:29 on Fri 2 Nov to 14:09 on Sat 3 Nov and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 2ndCoveredMoonrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:29 → 23:0920:57holds21:49no2 Nov
Chicago22:29 → 01:0920:30holds21:23no2 Nov
Jersey City23:29 → 02:0920:37holds21:30no2 Nov
Port of Spain23:29 → 02:0920:46holds21:35no2 Nov
London03:29 → 06:0918:52holds19:47no2 Nov
Durban05:29 → 08:0921:33holds22:18no2 Nov
Dubai07:29 → 10:0920:18holds21:08no2 Nov
Delhi08:59 → 11:3920:10holds21:00no2 Nov
Kolkata08:59 → 11:3919:36holds20:25no2 Nov
Singapore11:29 → 14:0921:37holds22:25no2 Nov
Sydney14:29 → 17:0922:25holds23:11no2 Nov
Suva16:29 → 19:0922:01holds22:48no2 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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