Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1946

Wednesday 2 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 96 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 Wednesday 2 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:14  07:01 one muhūrta on
05:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:2607:50

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 3 October

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

sunrise 06:15  07:02 one muhūrta on
05:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:2707:51

0 of 47 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 02:02 on Wed 2 Oct to 04:40 on Thu 3 Oct.

    1946-10-01T18:02:15Z → 1946-10-02T20:39:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:14–07:01 on the 2nd, 06:15–07:02 on the 3rd.

    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 47 of 47 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 47 on the 3rd.

    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 5732 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1946: Wednesday 2 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1946 falls on Wednesday 2 October. Saptamī runs from 02:02 on Wed 2 Oct to 04:40 on Thu 3 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 1stCoveredSunrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:02 → 12:4005:470 min05:4847 min2 Oct
Chicago12:02 → 14:4005:470 min05:4847 min2 Oct
Jersey City13:02 → 15:4005:530 min05:5447 min2 Oct
Port of Spain14:02 → 16:4005:550 min05:5548 min2 Oct
London19:02 → 21:4007:000 min07:0246 min2 Oct
Durban20:02 → 22:4005:360 min05:3450 min2 Oct
Dubai22:02 → 00:4006:110 min06:1148 min2 Oct
Delhi23:32 → 02:1006:140 min06:1447 min2 Oct
Kolkata23:32 → 02:1005:280 min05:2848 min2 Oct
Singapore01:32 → 04:1006:220 min06:2148 min2 Oct
Sydney04:02 → 06:4005:340 min05:3350 min3 Oct
Suva06:02 → 08:4005:490 min05:4935 min3 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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