Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2016

Wednesday 19 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 102 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 Tuesday 18 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

19:30 moonrise
18:1818:4219:0619:3019:5420:1820:42

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Wednesday 19 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

20:20 moonrise
19:0819:3219:5620:2020:4421:0821:32

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 01:18 on Wed 19 Oct to 22:03 on Wed 19 Oct.

    2016-10-18T17:17:58Z → 2016-10-19T14:02:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:30 on the 18th and 20:20 on the 19th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 18th and is on the 19th.

    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 6134 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2016: Wednesday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2016 falls on Wednesday 19 October. Caturthī runs from 01:18 on Wed 19 Oct to 22:03 on Wed 19 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 18thCoveredMoonrise 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:18 → 07:0320:46holds21:41no18 Oct
Chicago12:18 → 09:0320:24holds21:16no18 Oct
Jersey City13:18 → 10:0320:30holds21:22no18 Oct
Port of Spain13:18 → 10:0320:25holds21:23no18 Oct
London18:18 → 15:0319:57holds20:44no18 Oct
Durban19:18 → 16:0320:52holds21:57no18 Oct
Dubai21:18 → 18:0320:01no20:55no18 Oct
Delhi22:48 → 19:3319:55no20:48no18 Oct
Kolkata22:48 → 19:3319:17no20:12no18 Oct
Singapore01:18 → 22:0321:08no22:07no18 Oct
Sydney04:18 → 01:0321:35no22:42holds19 Oct
Suva05:18 → 02:0320:19no21:22holds19 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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