Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1951

Sunday 7 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 420 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 7 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:19  07:05 one muhūrta on
05:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:3107:55

46 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 8 October

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

sunrise 06:20  07:06 one muhūrta on
05:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:3207:56

0 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 23:19 on Sat 6 Oct to 21:06 on Sun 7 Oct.

    1951-10-06T15:19:09Z → 1951-10-07T13:05:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:19–07:05 on the 7th, 06:20–07:06 on the 8th.

    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 46 of 46 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 46 on the 8th.

    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 25176 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1951: Sunday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1951 falls on Sunday 7 October. Saptamī runs from 23:19 on Sat 6 Oct to 21:06 on Sun 7 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredSunrise 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:19 → 05:0605:510 min05:520 min6 Oct
Chicago09:19 → 07:0605:520 min05:5346 min7 Oct
Jersey City10:19 → 08:0605:570 min05:5846 min7 Oct
Port of Spain11:19 → 09:0605:550 min05:5548 min7 Oct
London16:19 → 14:0607:080 min07:1045 min7 Oct
Durban17:19 → 15:0605:300 min05:2950 min7 Oct
Dubai19:19 → 17:0606:130 min06:1347 min7 Oct
Delhi20:49 → 18:3606:160 min06:1747 min7 Oct
Kolkata20:49 → 18:3605:300 min05:3047 min7 Oct
Singapore22:49 → 20:3606:200 min06:2048 min7 Oct
Sydney01:19 → 23:0605:270 min05:2650 min7 Oct
Suva03:19 → 01:0605:460 min05:4549 min7 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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