Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1904

Saturday 15 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 306 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two mornings

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

Morning of Saturday 15 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:27  07:12 one muhūrta on
05:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

45 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 16 October

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

sunrise 06:28  07:13 one muhūrta on
05:4006:0406:2806:5207:1607:4008:04

0 of 45 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 00:53 on Sat 15 Oct to 01:22 on Sun 16 Oct.

    1904-10-14T16:53:05Z → 1904-10-15T17:21:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:27–07:12 on the 15th, 06:28–07:13 on the 16th.

    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 45 of 45 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 45 on the 16th.

    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 18373 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1904: Saturday 15 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1904 falls on Saturday 15 October. Saptamī runs from 00:53 on Sat 15 Oct to 01:22 on Sun 16 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1904/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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/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 14thCoveredSunrise 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:53 → 09:2205:570 min05:5845 min15 Oct
Chicago10:53 → 11:2206:020 min06:0344 min15 Oct
Jersey City11:53 → 12:2206:060 min06:0745 min15 Oct
Port of Spain12:53 → 13:2205:550 min05:5548 min15 Oct
London16:53 → 17:2206:220 min06:2443 min15 Oct
Durban18:53 → 19:2205:200 min05:1951 min15 Oct
Dubai20:34 → 21:0305:570 min05:5846 min15 Oct
Delhi22:14 → 22:4306:120 min06:1346 min15 Oct
Kolkata22:14 → 22:4305:240 min05:2447 min15 Oct
Singapore23:48 → 00:1705:430 min05:4348 min15 Oct
Sydney02:53 → 03:2205:160 min05:1551 min15 Oct
Suva04:48 → 05:1705:340 min05:3350 min15 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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