Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2014

Saturday 11 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 422 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 Saturday 11 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:51 moonrise
18:3919:0319:2719:5120:1520:3921:03

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 12 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:38 moonrise
19:2619:5020:1420:3821:0221:2621:50

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 12:48 on Sat 11 Oct to 12:03 on Sun 12 Oct.

    2014-10-11T04:48:24Z → 2014-10-12T04:03:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:51 on the 11th and 20:38 on the 12th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 11th and is not on the 12th.

    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 25336 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2014: Saturday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2014 falls on Saturday 11 October. Caturthī runs from 12:48 on Sat 11 Oct to 12:03 on Sun 12 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 11thCoveredMoonrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:48 → 21:0321:06no21:55no10 Oct
Chicago23:48 → 23:0320:43holds21:31no11 Oct
Jersey City00:48 → 00:0320:49holds21:37no11 Oct
Port of Spain00:48 → 00:0320:47holds21:39no11 Oct
London05:48 → 05:0320:14holds20:59no11 Oct
Durban06:48 → 06:0321:20holds22:16no11 Oct
Dubai08:48 → 08:0320:23holds21:13no11 Oct
Delhi10:18 → 09:3320:17holds21:06no11 Oct
Kolkata10:18 → 09:3319:40holds20:30no11 Oct
Singapore12:48 → 12:0321:34holds22:27no11 Oct
Sydney15:48 → 15:0322:06holds23:05no11 Oct
Suva16:48 → 16:0320:49holds21:44no11 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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