Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1936

Friday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 37 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 Thursday 22 October

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

sunrise 06:34  07:18 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 07:54:43
05:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:4608:10

0 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Friday 23 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:35  07:19 one muhūrta on
05:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11

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 07:55 on Thu 22 Oct to 08:45 on Fri 23 Oct.

    1936-10-21T23:54:44Z → 1936-10-23T00:45:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:34–07:18 on the 22nd, 06:35–07:19 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 44 of 44 on the 23rd.

    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 2200 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1936: Friday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1936 falls on Friday 23 October. Saptamī runs from 07:55 on Thu 22 Oct to 08:45 on Fri 23 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 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 21stCoveredSunrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:55 → 16:4506:030 min06:050 min22 Oct
Chicago18:55 → 19:4507:100 min07:120 min22 Oct
Jersey City18:55 → 19:4506:140 min06:170 min22 Oct
Port of Spain19:55 → 20:4505:560 min05:560 min22 Oct
London23:55 → 00:4506:350 min06:380 min22 Oct
Durban01:55 → 02:4505:120 min05:100 min22 Oct
Dubai03:55 → 04:4506:200 min06:210 min22 Oct
Delhi05:25 → 06:1506:260 min06:270 min22 Oct
Kolkata05:25 → 06:1505:360 min05:3739 min22 Oct
Singapore07:15 → 08:0506:070 min06:0748 min23 Oct
Sydney09:55 → 10:4505:080 min05:0553 min23 Oct
Suva11:55 → 12:4505:340 min05:3350 min23 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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