Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1941

Saturday 27 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 607 minutes.

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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 Friday 26 September

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

sunrise 07:09 07:57 one muhūrta on

06:2106:4507:0907:3307:5708:2108:4509:09

0 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Saturday 27 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 07:10 07:58 one muhūrta on

06:2206:4607:1007:3407:5808:2208:4609:10

48 of 48 minutes covered

Saptamī presentThe first muhūrta after sunrise, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

01
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 20:17 on Fri 26 Sep to 18:05 on Sat 27 Sep.
1941-09-26T11:17:19Z → 1941-09-27T09:05:07Z
02
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:09–07:57 on the 26th, 07:10–07:58 on the 27th.
udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
03
Rule
Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
04
Tie-break
Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 36445 s
05
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1941: Saturday 27 September.
confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1941 falls on Saturday 27 September. Saptamī runs from 20:17 on Fri 26 Sep to 18:05 on Sat 27 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.
ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

Authority	Kind	Date
Ahargaṇa, pac-rp	This ruling	Sat 27 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classical	Disc centre, no refraction	Sat 27 Sep
compat-drikpanchang	Comparison profile	Sat 27 Sep
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.

Place	Saptamī	Sunrise 26th	Covered	Sunrise 27th	Covered	Ruled
Los Angeles	03:17 → 01:05	05:44	48 min	05:45	0 min	26 Sep
Chicago	06:17 → 04:05	06:42	48 min	06:43	0 min	26 Sep
Jersey City	07:17 → 05:05	06:48	18 min	06:49	0 min	26 Sep
Port of Spain	07:17 → 05:05	05:55	0 min	05:55	0 min	26 Sep
London	12:17 → 10:05	06:52	0 min	06:54	48 min	27 Sep
Durban	13:17 → 11:05	05:41	0 min	05:40	49 min	27 Sep
Dubai	15:17 → 13:05	06:09	0 min	06:09	48 min	27 Sep
Delhi	16:47 → 14:35	06:11	0 min	06:12	48 min	27 Sep
Kolkata	16:47 → 14:35	05:26	0 min	05:27	48 min	27 Sep
Singapore	18:47 → 16:35	06:23	0 min	06:23	48 min	27 Sep
Sydney	21:17 → 19:05	05:41	0 min	05:39	49 min	27 Sep
Suva	23:17 → 21:05	05:54	0 min	05:53	49 min	27 Sep

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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