Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1928

Sunday 21 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 417 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 Saturday 20 October

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

sunrise 06:32  07:16 one muhūrta on
05:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:4408:08

0 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 21 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:33  07:17 one muhūrta on
05:4506:0906:3306:5707:2107:4508:09

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 14:14 on Sat 20 Oct to 16:18 on Sun 21 Oct.

    1928-10-20T06:13:45Z → 1928-10-21T08:17:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:32–07:16 on the 20th, 06:33–07:17 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 44 of 44 on the 21st.

    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 25048 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1928: Sunday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1928 falls on Sunday 21 October. Saptamī runs from 14:14 on Sat 20 Oct to 16:18 on Sun 21 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredSunrise 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:14 → 00:1806:0245 min06:030 min20 Oct
Chicago00:14 → 02:1806:0944 min06:100 min20 Oct
Jersey City01:14 → 03:1806:1344 min06:140 min20 Oct
Port of Spain02:14 → 04:1805:5647 min05:560 min20 Oct
London06:14 → 08:1806:3342 min06:3541 min21 Oct
Durban08:14 → 10:1805:130 min05:1252 min21 Oct
Dubai10:14 → 12:1806:200 min06:2046 min21 Oct
Delhi11:44 → 13:4806:250 min06:2645 min21 Oct
Kolkata11:44 → 13:4805:350 min05:3646 min21 Oct
Singapore13:14 → 15:1805:470 min05:4748 min21 Oct
Sydney16:14 → 18:1805:090 min05:0852 min21 Oct
Suva18:14 → 20:1805:350 min05:3450 min21 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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