Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1950

Tuesday 17 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 205 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 17 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:29  07:13 one muhūrta on
05:4106:0506:2906:5307:1707:4108:05

45 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Wednesday 18 October

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

sunrise 06:30  07:14 one muhūrta on
05:4206:0606:3006:5407:1807:4208:06

0 of 44 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 03:03 on Tue 17 Oct to 01:05 on Wed 18 Oct.

    1950-10-16T19:03:27Z → 1950-10-17T17:04:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:29–07:13 on the 17th, 06:30–07:14 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 44 on the 18th.

    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 12321 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1950: Tuesday 17 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1950 falls on Tuesday 17 October. Saptamī runs from 03:03 on Tue 17 Oct to 01:05 on Wed 18 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1950/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 17 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 16thCoveredSunrise 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:03 → 09:0505:590 min06:0045 min17 Oct
Chicago13:03 → 11:0506:040 min06:0544 min17 Oct
Jersey City14:03 → 12:0506:080 min06:0944 min17 Oct
Port of Spain15:03 → 13:0505:550 min05:5547 min17 Oct
London20:03 → 18:0507:250 min07:2742 min17 Oct
Durban21:03 → 19:0505:180 min05:1751 min17 Oct
Dubai23:03 → 21:0506:170 min06:1846 min17 Oct
Delhi00:33 → 22:3506:220 min06:2346 min17 Oct
Kolkata00:33 → 22:3505:330 min05:3446 min17 Oct
Singapore02:33 → 00:3506:180 min06:1848 min17 Oct
Sydney05:03 → 03:0505:140 min05:1352 min17 Oct
Suva07:03 → 05:0505:380 min05:370 min17 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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