Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1901

Sunday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 288 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Saturday 19 October

Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.

sunrise 06:31  07:15 one muhūrta on
05:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:4308:07

0 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 20 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:32  07:16 one muhūrta on
05:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:4408:08

44 of 44 minutes covered

Saptamī presentThe first muhūrta after sunrise, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 12:03 on Sat 19 Oct to 13:30 on Sun 20 Oct.

    1901-10-19T04:03:24Z → 1901-10-20T05:30:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:31–07:15 on the 19th, 06:32–07:16 on the 20th.

    udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 0 of 44 minutes on the 19th and 44 of 44 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 17303 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1901: Sunday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1901 falls on Sunday 20 October. Saptamī runs from 12:03 on Sat 19 Oct to 13:30 on Sun 20 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 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/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīSunrise 19thCoveredSunrise 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:03 → 21:3006:0145 min06:020 min19 Oct
Chicago22:03 → 23:3006:0744 min06:080 min19 Oct
Jersey City23:03 → 00:3006:1144 min06:130 min19 Oct
Port of Spain00:03 → 01:3005:5547 min05:560 min19 Oct
London04:03 → 05:3006:3042 min06:320 min19 Oct
Durban05:33 → 07:0004:453 min04:4452 min20 Oct
Dubai07:44 → 09:1106:000 min06:0046 min20 Oct
Delhi09:24 → 10:5106:150 min06:1645 min20 Oct
Kolkata09:24 → 10:5105:260 min05:2646 min20 Oct
Singapore10:58 → 12:2505:430 min05:4248 min20 Oct
Sydney14:03 → 15:3005:110 min05:0952 min20 Oct
Suva15:58 → 17:2505:310 min05:3050 min20 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
durga-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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