Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2065

Sunday 18 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 157 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 17 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

18:56 moonrise
17:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:4420:08

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 18 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:39 moonrise
18:2718:5119:1519:3920:0320:2720:51

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 21:33 on Sat 17 Oct to 00:10 on Mon 19 Oct.

    2065-10-17T13:32:58Z → 2065-10-18T16:09:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 18:56 on the 17th and 19:39 on the 18th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 17th and is on the 18th.

    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 9418 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2065: Sunday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2065 falls on Sunday 18 October. Caturthī runs from 21:33 on Sat 17 Oct to 00:10 on Mon 19 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2065/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 18 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 17thCoveredMoonrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:33 → 09:1020:13holds21:01no17 Oct
Chicago08:33 → 11:1019:41holds20:27no17 Oct
Jersey City09:33 → 12:1019:50holds20:35no17 Oct
Port of Spain09:33 → 12:1020:13holds21:02no17 Oct
London14:33 → 17:1018:57holds19:38no17 Oct
Durban15:33 → 18:1021:14holds22:07no17 Oct
Dubai17:33 → 20:1019:41holds20:27no17 Oct
Delhi19:03 → 21:4019:32holds20:17holds17 Oct
Kolkata19:03 → 21:4019:00no19:46holds18 Oct
Singapore21:33 → 00:1021:08no21:57holds18 Oct
Sydney00:33 → 03:1022:06no23:01holds18 Oct
Suva01:33 → 04:1020:36no21:28holds18 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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