Ruling · Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) · 2027

Monday 18 October

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 119 minutes.

Decide it for

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two moonrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.

Moonrise of Monday 18 October

Taken. The only moonrise Caturthī holds at.

19:51 moonrise
18:3919:0319:2719:5120:1520:3921:03

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Tuesday 19 October

Caturthī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:46 moonrise
19:3419:5820:2220:4621:1021:3421:58

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 17:52 on Mon 18 Oct to 16:43 on Tue 19 Oct.

    2027-10-18T12:22:04Z → 2027-10-19T11:12:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:51 on the 18th and 20:46 on the 19th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 18th and is not on the 19th.

    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 7143 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Karaka Caturthī, Ujjain, 2027: Monday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Karaka Caturthī (Karwa Chauth) 2027 falls on Monday 18 October. Caturthī runs from 17:52 on Mon 18 Oct to 16:43 on Tue 19 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2027/karaka-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 18 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 18thCoveredMoonrise 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:22 → 04:1320:16holds21:13no18 Oct
Chicago07:22 → 06:1319:43holds20:37no18 Oct
Jersey City08:22 → 07:1319:51holds20:45no18 Oct
Port of Spain08:22 → 07:1320:18holds21:17no18 Oct
London13:22 → 12:1318:54holds19:42no18 Oct
Durban14:22 → 13:1321:22holds22:24no18 Oct
Dubai16:22 → 15:1319:41holds20:36no18 Oct
Delhi17:52 → 16:4319:32holds20:26no18 Oct
Kolkata17:52 → 16:4319:00holds19:55no18 Oct
Singapore20:22 → 19:1321:10holds22:08no18 Oct
Sydney23:22 → 22:1322:11no23:15no18 Oct
Suva00:22 → 23:1320:38no21:39holds19 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