Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1943

Wednesday 6 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 597 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 Tuesday 5 October

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

sunrise 07:17  08:03 one muhūrta on
06:2906:5307:1707:4108:0508:2908:53

0 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Wednesday 6 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 07:18  08:04 one muhūrta on
06:3006:5407:1807:4208:0608:3008:54

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 19:29 on Tue 5 Oct to 18:01 on Wed 6 Oct.

    1943-10-05T10:29:12Z → 1943-10-06T09:01:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:17–08:03 on the 5th, 07:18–08:04 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 35814 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1943: Wednesday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1943 falls on Wednesday 6 October. Saptamī runs from 19:29 on Tue 5 Oct to 18:01 on Wed 6 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles03:29 → 02:0106:5047 min06:510 min5 Oct
Chicago05:29 → 04:0106:5146 min06:520 min5 Oct
Jersey City06:29 → 05:0106:5646 min06:570 min5 Oct
Port of Spain07:29 → 06:0106:5514 min06:550 min5 Oct
London11:29 → 10:0107:060 min07:0845 min6 Oct
Durban13:29 → 12:0106:310 min06:3050 min6 Oct
Dubai14:29 → 13:0106:120 min06:1347 min6 Oct
Delhi16:59 → 15:3107:160 min07:1647 min6 Oct
Kolkata16:59 → 15:3106:290 min06:2947 min6 Oct
Singapore19:29 → 18:0107:510 min07:5048 min6 Oct
Sydney21:29 → 20:0106:290 min06:2850 min6 Oct
Suva22:29 → 21:0105:460 min05:4649 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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