Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2049

Thursday 14 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 728 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 Wednesday 13 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

18:57 moonrise
17:4518:0918:3318:5719:2119:4520:09

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 14 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:43 moonrise
18:3118:5519:1919:4320:0720:3120:55

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 07:33 on Thu 14 Oct to 07:51 on Fri 15 Oct.

    2049-10-13T23:33:22Z → 2049-10-14T23:51:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 18:57 on the 13th and 19:43 on the 14th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 13th and is on the 14th.

    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 43696 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2049: Thursday 14 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2049 falls on Thursday 14 October. Caturthī runs from 07:33 on Thu 14 Oct to 07:51 on Fri 15 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2049/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 13thCoveredMoonrise 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:33 → 16:5120:13holds21:02no13 Oct
Chicago18:33 → 18:5119:47holds20:34no13 Oct
Jersey City19:33 → 19:5119:54holds20:41no13 Oct
Port of Spain19:33 → 19:5120:00holds20:52no13 Oct
London00:33 → 00:5119:14no19:57holds14 Oct
Durban01:33 → 01:5120:41no21:38holds14 Oct
Dubai03:33 → 03:5119:33no20:22holds14 Oct
Delhi05:03 → 05:2119:26no20:15holds14 Oct
Kolkata05:03 → 05:2118:51no19:40holds14 Oct
Singapore07:33 → 07:5120:49no21:42holds14 Oct
Sydney10:33 → 10:5121:29no22:28holds14 Oct
Suva11:33 → 11:5120:07no21:04holds14 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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