Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1960

Tuesday 27 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 348 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 Tuesday 27 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:10  06:58 one muhūrta on
05:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:46

48 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Wednesday 28 September

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

sunrise 06:11  06:59 one muhūrta on
05:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:47

0 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 00:23 on Tue 27 Sep to 22:18 on Tue 27 Sep.

    1960-09-26T16:22:33Z → 1960-09-27T14:17:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:10–06:58 on the 27th, 06:11–06:59 on the 28th.

    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 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 20856 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1960: Tuesday 27 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1960 falls on Tuesday 27 September. Saptamī runs from 00:23 on Tue 27 Sep to 22:18 on Tue 27 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 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 26thCoveredSunrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:23 → 06:1805:440 min05:4533 min26 Sep
Chicago11:23 → 09:1806:430 min06:4448 min27 Sep
Jersey City12:23 → 10:1806:480 min06:4948 min27 Sep
Port of Spain12:23 → 10:1805:550 min05:5548 min27 Sep
London17:23 → 15:1806:530 min06:5547 min27 Sep
Durban18:23 → 16:1805:410 min05:4049 min27 Sep
Dubai20:23 → 18:1806:090 min06:0948 min27 Sep
Delhi21:53 → 19:4806:120 min06:1248 min27 Sep
Kolkata21:53 → 19:4805:270 min05:2748 min27 Sep
Singapore23:53 → 21:4806:230 min06:2348 min27 Sep
Sydney02:23 → 00:1805:400 min05:3949 min27 Sep
Suva04:23 → 02:1805:530 min05:5249 min27 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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