Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1917

Tuesday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 244 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 Monday 22 October

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

sunrise 06:34  07:18 one muhūrta on
05:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:4608:10

0 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Tuesday 23 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:35  07:19 one muhūrta on
05:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11

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 12:32 on Mon 22 Oct to 11:23 on Tue 23 Oct.

    1917-10-22T04:32:03Z → 1917-10-23T03:22:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:34–07:18 on the 22nd, 06:35–07:19 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 44 of 44 on the 23rd.

    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 14638 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1917: Tuesday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1917 falls on Tuesday 23 October. Saptamī runs from 12:32 on Mon 22 Oct to 11:23 on Tue 23 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1917/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 22ndCoveredSunrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:32 → 19:2306:0444 min06:050 min22 Oct
Chicago22:32 → 21:2306:1143 min06:120 min22 Oct
Jersey City23:32 → 22:2306:1543 min06:160 min22 Oct
Port of Spain00:32 → 23:2305:5647 min05:560 min22 Oct
London04:32 → 03:2306:3641 min06:380 min22 Oct
Durban06:32 → 05:2305:120 min05:1112 min22 Oct
Dubai08:13 → 07:0406:010 min06:0246 min23 Oct
Delhi10:02 → 08:5306:260 min06:2745 min23 Oct
Kolkata10:02 → 08:5305:360 min05:3646 min23 Oct
Singapore11:32 → 10:2305:470 min05:4748 min23 Oct
Sydney14:32 → 13:2305:070 min05:0653 min23 Oct
Suva16:32 → 15:2305:330 min05:3350 min23 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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