Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2086

Friday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 599 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 24 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

18:49 moonrise
17:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Friday 25 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:45 moonrise
18:3318:5719:2119:4520:0920:3320:57

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 08:01 on Fri 25 Oct to 05:44 on Sat 26 Oct.

    2086-10-25T00:01:12Z → 2086-10-25T21:44:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 18:49 on the 24th and 19:45 on the 25th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 24th and is on the 25th.

    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 35958 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2086: Friday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2086 falls on Friday 25 October. Caturthī runs from 08:01 on Fri 25 Oct to 05:44 on Sat 26 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 25thCoveredMoonrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:01 → 14:4421:11no22:12no24 Oct
Chicago19:01 → 16:4420:42no21:45no24 Oct
Jersey City20:01 → 17:4420:49no21:51no24 Oct
Port of Spain20:01 → 17:4421:01no21:59no24 Oct
London01:01 → 22:4420:00holds21:04no25 Oct
Durban02:01 → 23:4421:49holds22:44no25 Oct
Dubai04:01 → 01:4420:28holds21:28no25 Oct
Delhi05:31 → 03:1420:19holds21:19no25 Oct
Kolkata05:31 → 03:1419:45holds20:45no25 Oct
Singapore08:01 → 05:4421:48holds22:46no25 Oct
Sydney11:01 → 08:4422:38holds23:35no25 Oct
Suva12:01 → 09:4421:11holds22:09no25 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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