Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1919

Wednesday 1 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 157 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 Wednesday 1 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:13  07:00 one muhūrta on
05:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:49

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 2 October

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

sunrise 06:14  07:01 one muhūrta on
05:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:2607:50

0 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 01:15 on Wed 1 Oct to 03:37 on Thu 2 Oct.

    1919-09-30T17:15:03Z → 1919-10-01T19:36:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:13–07:00 on the 1st, 06:14–07:01 on the 2nd.

    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 47 of 47 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 47 on the 2nd.

    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 9419 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1919: Wednesday 1 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1919 falls on Wednesday 1 October. Saptamī runs from 01:15 on Wed 1 Oct to 03:37 on Thu 2 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 30thCoveredSunrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:15 → 12:3706:460 min06:4747 min1 Oct
Chicago12:15 → 14:3706:460 min06:4747 min1 Oct
Jersey City13:15 → 15:3706:510 min06:5247 min1 Oct
Port of Spain13:15 → 15:3705:550 min05:5548 min1 Oct
London17:15 → 19:3705:580 min06:0047 min1 Oct
Durban19:15 → 21:3705:370 min05:3649 min1 Oct
Dubai20:56 → 23:1805:510 min05:5248 min1 Oct
Delhi22:45 → 01:0706:130 min06:1448 min1 Oct
Kolkata22:45 → 01:0705:270 min05:2848 min1 Oct
Singapore00:15 → 02:3705:520 min05:5248 min1 Oct
Sydney03:15 → 05:3705:360 min05:3549 min1 Oct
Suva05:15 → 07:3705:510 min05:5049 min2 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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