Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1944

Monday 25 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 54 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 Sunday 24 September

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

sunrise 07:07  07:56 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 08:49:33
06:1906:4307:0707:3107:5508:1908:4309:07

0 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 25 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 07:08  07:56 one muhūrta on
06:2006:4407:0807:3207:5608:2008:4409:08

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

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 08:50 on Sun 24 Sep to 09:11 on Mon 25 Sep.

    1944-09-23T23:49:33Z → 1944-09-25T00:11:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:07–07:56 on the 24th, 07:08–07:56 on the 25th.

    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 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 3234 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1944: Monday 25 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1944 falls on Monday 25 September. Saptamī runs from 08:50 on Sun 24 Sep to 09:11 on Mon 25 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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.

PlaceSaptamīSunrise 23rdCoveredSunrise 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:50 → 17:1106:420 min06:430 min24 Sep
Chicago18:50 → 19:1106:390 min06:410 min24 Sep
Jersey City19:50 → 20:1106:450 min06:470 min24 Sep
Port of Spain20:50 → 21:1106:550 min06:550 min24 Sep
London00:50 → 01:1106:480 min06:510 min24 Sep
Durban01:50 → 02:1105:450 min05:420 min24 Sep
Dubai03:50 → 04:1106:080 min06:090 min24 Sep
Delhi06:20 → 06:4107:100 min07:110 min24 Sep
Kolkata06:20 → 06:4106:260 min06:2615 min24 Sep
Singapore08:50 → 09:1107:540 min07:5348 min25 Sep
Sydney09:50 → 10:1105:440 min05:4249 min25 Sep
Suva11:50 → 12:1105:560 min05:5449 min25 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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