Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1967

Tuesday 10 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 90 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 Monday 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

Morning of Tuesday 10 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:22  07:08 one muhūrta on
05:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

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 10:02 on Mon 9 Oct to 08:38 on Tue 10 Oct.

    1967-10-09T02:02:23Z → 1967-10-10T00:37:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:21–07:07 on the 9th, 06:22–07:08 on the 10th.

    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 46 minutes on the 9th and 46 of 46 on the 10th.

    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 5421 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1967: Tuesday 10 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1967 falls on Tuesday 10 October. Saptamī runs from 10:02 on Mon 9 Oct to 08:38 on Tue 10 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1967/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 10 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 9thCoveredSunrise 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:02 → 17:3806:5346 min06:540 min9 Oct
Chicago21:02 → 19:3806:5646 min06:570 min9 Oct
Jersey City22:02 → 20:3807:0146 min07:020 min9 Oct
Port of Spain22:02 → 20:3805:5548 min05:550 min9 Oct
London03:02 → 01:3807:1345 min07:150 min9 Oct
Durban04:02 → 02:3805:2650 min05:250 min9 Oct
Dubai06:02 → 04:3806:1447 min06:140 min9 Oct
Delhi07:32 → 06:0806:180 min06:190 min9 Oct
Kolkata07:32 → 06:0805:310 min05:3137 min9 Oct
Singapore09:32 → 08:0806:200 min06:1948 min10 Oct
Sydney12:02 → 10:3805:230 min05:2251 min10 Oct
Suva14:02 → 12:3805:430 min05:4250 min10 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

About Ahargaṇa