Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1932

Thursday 6 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 586 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 5 October

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

sunrise 06:17  07:04 one muhūrta on
05:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:53

0 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 6 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:18  07:05 one muhūrta on
05:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:3007:54

46 of 46 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 18:47 on Wed 5 Oct to 16:50 on Thu 6 Oct.

    1932-10-05T10:46:42Z → 1932-10-06T08:50:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:17–07:04 on the 5th, 06:18–07:05 on the 6th.

    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 47 minutes on the 5th and 46 of 46 on the 6th.

    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 35133 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1932: Thursday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1932 falls on Thursday 6 October. Saptamī runs from 18:47 on Wed 5 Oct to 16:50 on Thu 6 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1932/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 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 5thCoveredSunrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:47 → 00:5005:5147 min05:510 min5 Oct
Chicago04:47 → 02:5005:5246 min05:530 min5 Oct
Jersey City05:47 → 03:5005:5746 min05:580 min5 Oct
Port of Spain06:47 → 04:5005:550 min05:550 min5 Oct
London10:47 → 08:5006:080 min06:0945 min6 Oct
Durban12:47 → 10:5005:300 min05:2950 min6 Oct
Dubai14:47 → 12:5006:130 min06:1347 min6 Oct
Delhi16:17 → 14:2006:160 min06:1747 min6 Oct
Kolkata16:17 → 14:2005:290 min05:3047 min6 Oct
Singapore17:47 → 15:5005:510 min05:5048 min6 Oct
Sydney20:47 → 18:5005:280 min05:2750 min6 Oct
Suva22:47 → 20:5005:460 min05:4549 min6 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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