Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1959

Thursday 8 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 167 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 8 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

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

46 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Friday 9 October

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

sunrise 06:21  07:07 one muhūrta on
05:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:3307:57

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 03:33 on Thu 8 Oct to 01:20 on Fri 9 Oct.

    1959-10-07T19:33:14Z → 1959-10-08T17:19:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:20–07:06 on the 8th, 06:21–07:07 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 46 on the 9th.

    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 9992 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1959: Thursday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1959 falls on Thursday 8 October. Saptamī runs from 03:33 on Thu 8 Oct to 01:20 on Fri 9 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 7thCoveredSunrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:33 → 09:2005:520 min05:5246 min8 Oct
Chicago14:33 → 12:2006:540 min06:5546 min8 Oct
Jersey City15:33 → 13:2006:590 min07:0046 min8 Oct
Port of Spain15:33 → 13:2005:550 min05:5548 min8 Oct
London19:33 → 17:2006:100 min06:1245 min8 Oct
Durban21:33 → 19:2005:280 min05:2750 min8 Oct
Dubai23:33 → 21:2006:130 min06:1447 min8 Oct
Delhi01:03 → 22:5006:170 min06:1747 min8 Oct
Kolkata01:03 → 22:5005:300 min05:3047 min8 Oct
Singapore03:03 → 00:5006:200 min06:2048 min8 Oct
Sydney05:33 → 03:2005:260 min05:2542 min8 Oct
Suva07:33 → 05:2005:450 min05:440 min8 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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