Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1914

Saturday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 109 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 Friday 25 September

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

sunrise 06:08  06:56 one muhūrta on
05:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:4408:08

0 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Saturday 26 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:08  06:57 one muhūrta on
05:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:4408:08

48 of 48 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 10:39 on Fri 25 Sep to 08:46 on Sat 26 Sep.

    1914-09-25T02:39:20Z → 1914-09-26T00:45:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:08–06:56 on the 25th, 06:08–06:57 on the 26th.

    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 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 6548 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1914: Saturday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1914 falls on Saturday 26 September. Saptamī runs from 10:39 on Fri 25 Sep to 08:46 on Sat 26 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1914/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 Sep
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 25thCoveredSunrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:39 → 16:4605:4348 min05:440 min25 Sep
Chicago20:39 → 18:4605:4148 min05:420 min25 Sep
Jersey City21:39 → 19:4605:4648 min05:470 min25 Sep
Port of Spain22:39 → 20:4605:5548 min05:550 min25 Sep
London02:39 → 00:4605:5048 min05:520 min25 Sep
Durban04:39 → 02:4605:4349 min05:420 min25 Sep
Dubai06:20 → 04:2705:4917 min05:500 min25 Sep
Delhi08:09 → 06:1606:110 min06:115 min25 Sep
Kolkata08:09 → 06:1605:260 min05:2648 min26 Sep
Singapore09:39 → 07:4605:540 min05:5348 min26 Sep
Sydney12:39 → 10:4605:430 min05:4149 min26 Sep
Suva14:34 → 12:4105:500 min05:4949 min26 Sep
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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