Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1953

Thursday 15 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 648 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 14 October

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

sunrise 06:26  07:11 one muhūrta on
05:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02

0 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 15 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:27  07:12 one muhūrta on
05:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

45 of 45 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 18:02 on Wed 14 Oct to 18:00 on Thu 15 Oct.

    1953-10-14T10:02:08Z → 1953-10-15T10:00:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:26–07:11 on the 14th, 06:27–07:12 on the 15th.

    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 45 minutes on the 14th and 45 of 45 on the 15th.

    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 38886 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1953: Thursday 15 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1953 falls on Thursday 15 October. Saptamī runs from 18:02 on Wed 14 Oct to 18:00 on Thu 15 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 14thCoveredSunrise 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:02 → 02:0005:5746 min05:580 min14 Oct
Chicago04:02 → 04:0006:0245 min06:030 min14 Oct
Jersey City05:02 → 05:0006:0645 min06:080 min14 Oct
Port of Spain06:02 → 06:0005:5541 min05:555 min14 Oct
London10:02 → 10:0006:230 min06:2443 min15 Oct
Durban12:02 → 12:0005:200 min05:1951 min15 Oct
Dubai14:02 → 14:0006:170 min06:1746 min15 Oct
Delhi15:32 → 15:3006:210 min06:2246 min15 Oct
Kolkata15:32 → 15:3005:330 min05:3347 min15 Oct
Singapore17:32 → 17:3006:180 min06:1848 min15 Oct
Sydney20:02 → 20:0005:160 min05:1552 min15 Oct
Suva22:02 → 22:0005:390 min05:3850 min15 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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