Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2041

Saturday 12 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 83 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 12 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:17 moonrise
18:0518:2918:5319:1719:4120:0520:29

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 13 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

19:56 moonrise
18:4419:0819:3219:5620:2020:4421:08

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 17:54 on Sat 12 Oct to 16:22 on Sun 13 Oct.

    2041-10-12T09:54:02Z → 2041-10-13T08:22:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:17 on the 12th and 19:56 on the 13th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 12th and is not on the 13th.

    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 4965 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2041: Saturday 12 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2041 falls on Saturday 12 October. Caturthī runs from 17:54 on Sat 12 Oct to 16:22 on Sun 13 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2041/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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 12thCoveredMoonrise 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:54 → 01:2220:31holds21:17no12 Oct
Chicago04:54 → 03:2220:01holds20:43no12 Oct
Jersey City05:54 → 04:2220:09holds20:51no12 Oct
Port of Spain05:54 → 04:2220:27holds21:21no12 Oct
London10:54 → 09:2219:24holds19:54no12 Oct
Durban11:54 → 10:2221:19holds22:26no12 Oct
Dubai13:54 → 12:2219:56holds20:44no12 Oct
Delhi15:24 → 13:5219:48holds20:34no12 Oct
Kolkata15:24 → 13:5219:15holds20:03no12 Oct
Singapore17:54 → 16:2221:17holds22:13no12 Oct
Sydney20:54 → 19:2222:05holds23:15no12 Oct
Suva21:54 → 20:2220:39no21:41no12 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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