Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1970

Wednesday 7 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 237 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 Wednesday 7 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:19  07:05 one muhūrta on
05:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:3107:55

46 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 8 October

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

sunrise 06:20  07:06 one muhūrta on
05:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:3207:56

0 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 02:22 on Wed 7 Oct to 01:23 on Thu 8 Oct.

    1970-10-06T18:22:15Z → 1970-10-07T17:23:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:19–07:05 on the 7th, 06:20–07:06 on the 8th.

    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 46 of 46 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 46 on the 8th.

    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 14213 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1970: Wednesday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1970 falls on Wednesday 7 October. Saptamī runs from 02:22 on Wed 7 Oct to 01:23 on Thu 8 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1970/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 6thCoveredSunrise 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:22 → 10:2306:510 min06:5246 min7 Oct
Chicago13:22 → 12:2306:530 min06:5446 min7 Oct
Jersey City14:22 → 13:2306:580 min06:5946 min7 Oct
Port of Spain14:22 → 13:2305:550 min05:5548 min7 Oct
London19:22 → 18:2307:090 min07:1145 min7 Oct
Durban20:22 → 19:2305:290 min05:2850 min7 Oct
Dubai22:22 → 21:2306:130 min06:1347 min7 Oct
Delhi23:52 → 22:5306:170 min06:1747 min7 Oct
Kolkata23:52 → 22:5305:300 min05:3047 min7 Oct
Singapore01:52 → 00:5306:200 min06:2048 min7 Oct
Sydney04:22 → 03:2305:270 min05:2650 min7 Oct
Suva06:22 → 05:2305:450 min05:4411 min7 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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