Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1926

Thursday 14 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 230 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two mornings

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

Morning of Wednesday 13 October

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

sunrise 06:25  07:10 one muhūrta on
05:3706:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:01

0 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 14 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:26  07:11 one muhūrta on
05:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02

45 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 11:42 on Wed 13 Oct to 11:01 on Thu 14 Oct.

    1926-10-13T03:41:34Z → 1926-10-14T03:00:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:25–07:10 on the 13th, 06:26–07:11 on the 14th.

    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 45 minutes on the 13th and 45 of 45 on the 14th.

    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 13803 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1926: Thursday 14 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1926 falls on Thursday 14 October. Saptamī runs from 11:42 on Wed 13 Oct to 11:01 on Thu 14 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 13thCoveredSunrise 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:42 → 19:0105:5646 min05:570 min13 Oct
Chicago21:42 → 21:0106:0045 min06:010 min13 Oct
Jersey City22:42 → 22:0106:0545 min06:060 min13 Oct
Port of Spain23:42 → 23:0105:5548 min05:550 min13 Oct
London03:42 → 03:0106:2044 min06:220 min13 Oct
Durban05:42 → 05:0105:2231 min05:200 min13 Oct
Dubai07:42 → 07:0106:160 min06:1645 min13 Oct
Delhi09:12 → 08:3106:200 min06:2146 min14 Oct
Kolkata09:12 → 08:3105:320 min05:3247 min14 Oct
Singapore10:42 → 10:0105:490 min05:4848 min14 Oct
Sydney13:42 → 13:0105:180 min05:1751 min14 Oct
Suva15:42 → 15:0105:400 min05:3950 min14 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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