Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1916

Wednesday 4 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 56 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 Tuesday 3 October

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

sunrise 06:15  07:02 one muhūrta on
05:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:2707:51

0 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Wednesday 4 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:16  07:03 one muhūrta on
05:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:2807:52

47 of 47 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 09:48 on Tue 3 Oct to 07:59 on Wed 4 Oct.

    1916-10-03T01:48:16Z → 1916-10-03T23:58:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:15–07:02 on the 3rd, 06:16–07:03 on the 4th.

    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 47 minutes on the 3rd and 47 of 47 on the 4th.

    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 3335 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1916: Wednesday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1916 falls on Wednesday 4 October. Saptamī runs from 09:48 on Tue 3 Oct to 07:59 on Wed 4 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 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 3rdCoveredSunrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:48 → 15:5905:4947 min05:500 min3 Oct
Chicago19:48 → 17:5905:5047 min05:510 min3 Oct
Jersey City20:48 → 18:5905:5547 min05:560 min3 Oct
Port of Spain21:48 → 19:5905:5548 min05:550 min3 Oct
London01:48 → 23:5906:0446 min06:060 min3 Oct
Durban03:48 → 01:5905:3350 min05:320 min3 Oct
Dubai05:29 → 03:4005:5347 min05:530 min3 Oct
Delhi07:18 → 05:2906:150 min06:160 min3 Oct
Kolkata07:18 → 05:2905:290 min05:290 min3 Oct
Singapore08:48 → 06:5905:510 min05:5148 min4 Oct
Sydney11:48 → 09:5905:310 min05:2950 min4 Oct
Suva13:48 → 11:5905:480 min05:4749 min4 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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