Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1957

Monday 30 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 381 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 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

Morning of Monday 30 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:13  07:00 one muhūrta on
05:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:49

47 of 47 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 13:20 on Sun 29 Sep to 13:28 on Mon 30 Sep.

    1957-09-29T05:20:15Z → 1957-09-30T05:28:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:12–06:59 on the 29th, 06:13–07:00 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 47 of 47 on the 30th.

    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 22857 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1957: Monday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1957 falls on Monday 30 September. Saptamī runs from 13:20 on Sun 29 Sep to 13:28 on Mon 30 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1957/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 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 29thCoveredSunrise 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:20 → 21:2805:4648 min05:470 min29 Sep
Chicago00:20 → 00:2806:4547 min06:460 min29 Sep
Jersey City01:20 → 01:2806:5147 min06:520 min29 Sep
Port of Spain01:20 → 01:2805:5548 min05:550 min29 Sep
London06:20 → 06:2806:5847 min06:590 min29 Sep
Durban07:20 → 07:2805:380 min05:3649 min30 Sep
Dubai09:20 → 09:2806:100 min06:1048 min30 Sep
Delhi10:50 → 10:5806:130 min06:1348 min30 Sep
Kolkata10:50 → 10:5805:270 min05:2848 min30 Sep
Singapore12:50 → 12:5806:220 min06:2248 min30 Sep
Sydney15:20 → 15:2805:360 min05:3549 min30 Sep
Suva17:20 → 17:2805:510 min05:5049 min30 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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