Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2095

Sunday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 496 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 15 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

19:08 moonrise
17:5618:2018:4419:0819:3219:5620:20

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 16 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:48 moonrise
18:3619:0019:2419:4820:1220:3621:00

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 06:47 on Sun 16 Oct to 04:04 on Mon 17 Oct.

    2095-10-15T22:46:38Z → 2095-10-16T20:03:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:08 on the 15th and 19:48 on the 16th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 15th and is 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 29759 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Baoding, 2095: Sunday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2095 falls on Sunday 16 October. Caturthī runs from 06:47 on Sun 16 Oct to 04:04 on Mon 17 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 Angeles15:47 → 13:0420:19holds21:06no15 Oct
Chicago17:47 → 15:0419:54holds20:36no15 Oct
Jersey City18:47 → 16:0420:02holds20:44no15 Oct
Port of Spain18:47 → 16:0420:05holds21:00no15 Oct
London23:47 → 21:0419:26no19:57holds16 Oct
Durban00:47 → 22:0420:41no21:51holds16 Oct
Dubai02:47 → 00:0419:40no20:28holds16 Oct
Delhi04:17 → 01:3419:33no20:20holds16 Oct
Kolkata04:17 → 01:3418:57no19:46holds16 Oct
Singapore06:47 → 04:0420:51no21:49holds16 Oct
Sydney09:47 → 07:0421:24no22:36holds16 Oct
Suva10:47 → 08:0420:05no21:10holds16 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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