Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1927

Monday 3 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 517 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 3 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

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

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Tuesday 4 October

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

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

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 20:20 on Sun 2 Oct to 21:39 on Mon 3 Oct.

    1927-10-02T12:20:28Z → 1927-10-03T13:38:44Z

  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 47 of 47 minutes on the 3rd and 0 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 31020 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1927: Monday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1927 falls on Monday 3 October. Saptamī runs from 20:20 on Sun 2 Oct to 21:39 on Mon 3 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1927/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 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 2ndCoveredSunrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:20 → 05:3905:4847 min05:490 min2 Oct
Chicago06:20 → 07:3905:4814 min05:4947 min3 Oct
Jersey City07:20 → 08:3905:530 min05:5447 min3 Oct
Port of Spain08:20 → 09:3905:550 min05:5548 min3 Oct
London12:20 → 13:3906:010 min06:0346 min3 Oct
Durban14:20 → 15:3905:350 min05:3450 min3 Oct
Dubai16:20 → 17:3906:110 min06:1148 min3 Oct
Delhi17:50 → 19:0906:140 min06:1547 min3 Oct
Kolkata17:50 → 19:0905:280 min05:2848 min3 Oct
Singapore19:20 → 20:3905:520 min05:5148 min3 Oct
Sydney22:20 → 23:3905:330 min05:3250 min3 Oct
Suva00:20 → 01:3905:490 min05:4849 min3 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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