Morning of Friday 17 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
sunrise 06:29 07:14 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 07:47:24
05:4106:0506:2906:5307:1707:4108:05
0 of 45 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1969
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Saptamī reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Friday 17 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 45 minutes covered
Morning of Saturday 18 October
Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.
0 of 44 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:47 on Fri 17 Oct to 05:37 on Sat 18 Oct.
1969-10-16T23:47:25Z → 1969-10-17T21:36:39Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:29–07:14 on the 17th, 06:30–07:15 on the 18th.
udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 0 of 45 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 44 on the 18th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 2019 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1969: Friday 17 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1969 falls on Friday 17 October. Saptamī runs from 07:47 on Fri 17 Oct to 05:37 on Sat 18 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 17 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 17 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 17 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Sunrise 16th | Covered | Sunrise 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:47 → 14:37 | 06:59 | 0 min | 07:00 | 45 min | 17 Oct |
| Chicago | 18:47 → 16:37 | 07:04 | 0 min | 07:05 | 44 min | 17 Oct |
| Jersey City | 19:47 → 17:37 | 07:09 | 0 min | 07:10 | 44 min | 17 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:47 → 17:37 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:55 | 47 min | 17 Oct |
| London | 00:47 → 22:37 | 07:26 | 0 min | 07:28 | 42 min | 17 Oct |
| Durban | 01:47 → 23:37 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:16 | 51 min | 17 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:47 → 01:37 | 06:18 | 0 min | 06:18 | 46 min | 17 Oct |
| Delhi | 05:17 → 03:07 | 06:22 | 0 min | 06:23 | 46 min | 17 Oct |
| Kolkata | 05:17 → 03:07 | 05:33 | 0 min | 05:34 | 46 min | 17 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:17 → 05:07 | 06:18 | 0 min | 06:18 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:47 → 07:37 | 05:14 | 0 min | 05:12 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Suva | 11:47 → 09:37 | 05:37 | 0 min | 05:37 | 0 min | 18 Oct |