Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1949

Wednesday 28 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 248 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 28 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:11  06:58 one muhūrta on
05:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:47

48 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 29 September

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

sunrise 06:12  06:59 one muhūrta on
05:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:2407:48

0 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 02:03 on Wed 28 Sep to 00:43 on Thu 29 Sep.

    1949-09-27T18:03:10Z → 1949-09-28T16:43:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:11–06:58 on the 28th, 06:12–06:59 on the 29th.

    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 48 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 14856 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1949: Wednesday 28 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1949 falls on Wednesday 28 September. Saptamī runs from 02:03 on Wed 28 Sep to 00:43 on Thu 29 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 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 27thCoveredSunrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:03 → 08:4305:450 min05:4548 min28 Sep
Chicago12:03 → 10:4305:430 min05:4448 min28 Sep
Jersey City13:03 → 11:4305:490 min05:5048 min28 Sep
Port of Spain14:03 → 12:4305:550 min05:5548 min28 Sep
London19:03 → 17:4306:540 min06:5647 min28 Sep
Durban20:03 → 18:4305:400 min05:3949 min28 Sep
Dubai22:03 → 20:4306:090 min06:1048 min28 Sep
Delhi23:33 → 22:1306:120 min06:1248 min28 Sep
Kolkata23:33 → 22:1305:270 min05:2748 min28 Sep
Singapore01:33 → 00:1306:230 min06:2348 min28 Sep
Sydney04:03 → 02:4305:390 min05:3849 min28 Sep
Suva06:03 → 04:4305:530 min05:5237 min28 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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