Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1965

Saturday 2 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 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 1 October

Qualifies with 47 of 47 minutes. Not taken.

sunrise 06:14  07:01 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 05:53:35
05:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:2607:50

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Saturday 2 October

Taken. Both mornings qualify; the rule takes the second.

sunrise 06:15  07:02 one muhūrta on
Saptamī ends 07:34:37
05:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:2707:51

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 05:54 on Fri 1 Oct to 07:35 on Sat 2 Oct.

    1965-09-30T21:53:36Z → 1965-10-01T23:34:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:14–07:01 on the 1st, 06:15–07:02 on the 2nd.

    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 47 of 47 minutes on the 1st and 47 of 47 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both mornings qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1204 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1965: Saturday 2 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1965 falls on Saturday 2 October. Saptamī runs from 05:54 on Fri 1 Oct to 07:35 on Sat 2 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning. It also reaches the previous morning for 47 minutes; by the rule the second morning is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1965/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 30thCoveredSunrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:54 → 16:3506:470 min06:4847 min1 Oct
Chicago16:54 → 18:3506:470 min06:4847 min1 Oct
Jersey City17:54 → 19:3506:520 min06:5347 min1 Oct
Port of Spain17:54 → 19:3505:550 min05:5548 min1 Oct
London22:54 → 00:3506:590 min07:0147 min1 Oct
Durban23:54 → 01:3505:360 min05:3549 min1 Oct
Dubai01:54 → 03:3506:100 min06:1148 min1 Oct
Delhi03:24 → 05:0506:130 min06:1448 min1 Oct
Kolkata03:24 → 05:0505:280 min05:2848 min1 Oct
Singapore05:24 → 07:0506:220 min06:2248 min1 Oct
Sydney07:54 → 09:3505:350 min05:330 min2 Oct
Suva09:54 → 11:3505:500 min05:490 min2 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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