Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1952

Friday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 617 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 Thursday 25 September

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

sunrise 06:08  06:56 one muhūrta on
05:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:4408:08

0 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Friday 26 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:09  06:57 one muhūrta on
05:2105:4506:0906:3306:5707:2107:4508:09

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 18:20 on Thu 25 Sep to 17:14 on Fri 26 Sep.

    1952-09-25T10:19:53Z → 1952-09-26T09:14:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:08–06:56 on the 25th, 06:09–06:57 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 37009 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1952: Friday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1952 falls on Friday 26 September. Saptamī runs from 18:20 on Thu 25 Sep to 17:14 on Fri 26 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 25thCoveredSunrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:20 → 02:1406:4348 min06:440 min25 Sep
Chicago05:20 → 04:1406:4148 min06:420 min25 Sep
Jersey City06:20 → 05:1406:4748 min06:480 min25 Sep
Port of Spain06:20 → 05:1405:5524 min05:550 min25 Sep
London11:20 → 10:1406:510 min06:5348 min26 Sep
Durban12:20 → 11:1405:420 min05:4149 min26 Sep
Dubai14:20 → 13:1406:090 min06:0948 min26 Sep
Delhi15:50 → 14:4406:110 min06:1148 min26 Sep
Kolkata15:50 → 14:4405:260 min05:2748 min26 Sep
Singapore17:50 → 16:4406:230 min06:2348 min26 Sep
Sydney20:20 → 19:1405:410 min05:4049 min26 Sep
Suva22:20 → 21:1405:540 min05:5349 min26 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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