Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2076

Thursday 15 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 486 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 Thursday 15 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:41 moonrise
18:2918:5319:1719:4120:0520:2920:53

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 16 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:21 moonrise
19:0919:3319:5720:2120:4521:0921:33

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 11:34 on Thu 15 Oct to 10:57 on Fri 16 Oct.

    2076-10-15T03:34:28Z → 2076-10-16T02:57:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:41 on the 15th and 20:21 on the 16th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 15th and is not on the 16th.

    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 29185 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2076: Thursday 15 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2076 falls on Thursday 15 October. Caturthī runs from 11:34 on Thu 15 Oct to 10:57 on Fri 16 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 15thCoveredMoonrise 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:34 → 19:5720:54no21:39no14 Oct
Chicago22:34 → 21:5720:27holds21:09no15 Oct
Jersey City23:34 → 22:5720:34holds21:17no15 Oct
Port of Spain23:34 → 22:5720:45holds21:36no15 Oct
London04:34 → 03:5719:53holds20:27no15 Oct
Durban05:34 → 04:5721:31holds22:32no15 Oct
Dubai07:34 → 06:5720:18holds21:04no15 Oct
Delhi09:04 → 08:2720:10holds20:55no15 Oct
Kolkata09:04 → 08:2719:36holds20:23no15 Oct
Singapore11:34 → 10:5721:35holds22:28no15 Oct
Sydney14:34 → 13:5722:18holds23:21no15 Oct
Suva15:34 → 14:5720:55holds21:53no15 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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