Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1942

Friday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 492 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 Friday 16 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 07:28  08:13 one muhūrta on
06:4007:0407:2807:5208:1608:4009:04

45 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Saturday 17 October

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

sunrise 07:29  08:13 one muhūrta on
06:4107:0507:2907:5308:1708:4109:05

0 of 45 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 23:15 on Thu 15 Oct to 21:01 on Fri 16 Oct.

    1942-10-15T14:15:16Z → 1942-10-16T12:00:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:28–08:13 on the 16th, 07:29–08:13 on the 17th.

    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 45 of 45 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 45 on the 17th.

    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 29549 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1942: Friday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1942 falls on Friday 16 October. Saptamī runs from 23:15 on Thu 15 Oct to 21:01 on Fri 16 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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 15thCoveredSunrise 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:15 → 05:0106:5828 min06:590 min15 Oct
Chicago09:15 → 07:0107:030 min07:040 min15 Oct
Jersey City10:15 → 08:0107:070 min07:0844 min16 Oct
Port of Spain11:15 → 09:0106:550 min06:5548 min16 Oct
London15:15 → 13:0107:240 min07:2543 min16 Oct
Durban17:15 → 15:0106:190 min06:1851 min16 Oct
Dubai18:15 → 16:0106:170 min06:1746 min16 Oct
Delhi20:45 → 18:3107:220 min07:2246 min16 Oct
Kolkata20:45 → 18:3106:330 min06:3347 min16 Oct
Singapore23:15 → 21:0107:480 min07:4848 min16 Oct
Sydney01:15 → 23:0106:150 min06:1452 min16 Oct
Suva02:15 → 00:0105:380 min05:3850 min16 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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