Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1962

Saturday 6 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 501 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 Friday 5 October

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

sunrise 06:17  07:04 one muhūrta on
05:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:53

0 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Saturday 6 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:18  07:05 one muhūrta on
05:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:3007:54

46 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 15:25 on Fri 5 Oct to 15:55 on Sat 6 Oct.

    1962-10-05T07:24:45Z → 1962-10-06T07:54:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:17–07:04 on the 5th, 06:18–07:05 on the 6th.

    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 47 minutes on the 5th and 46 of 46 on the 6th.

    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 30059 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1962: Saturday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1962 falls on Saturday 6 October. Saptamī runs from 15:25 on Fri 5 Oct to 15:55 on Sat 6 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 5thCoveredSunrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:25 → 00:5506:5047 min06:510 min5 Oct
Chicago02:25 → 02:5506:5246 min06:530 min5 Oct
Jersey City03:25 → 03:5506:5746 min06:580 min5 Oct
Port of Spain03:25 → 03:5505:5548 min05:550 min5 Oct
London08:25 → 08:5507:070 min07:0945 min6 Oct
Durban09:25 → 09:5505:310 min05:2950 min6 Oct
Dubai11:25 → 11:5506:120 min06:1347 min6 Oct
Delhi12:55 → 13:2506:160 min06:1747 min6 Oct
Kolkata12:55 → 13:2505:290 min05:3047 min6 Oct
Singapore14:55 → 15:2506:210 min06:2048 min6 Oct
Sydney17:25 → 17:5505:280 min05:2750 min6 Oct
Suva19:25 → 19:5505:460 min05:4549 min6 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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