Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1974

Tuesday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 593 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 Tuesday 22 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:34  07:18 one muhūrta on
05:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:4608:10

44 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Wednesday 23 October

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

sunrise 06:35  07:19 one muhūrta on
05:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11

0 of 44 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 18:39 on Mon 21 Oct to 20:43 on Tue 22 Oct.

    1974-10-21T10:38:59Z → 1974-10-22T12:42:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:34–07:18 on the 22nd, 06:35–07:19 on the 23rd.

    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 44 of 44 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 44 on the 23rd.

    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 35553 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1974: Tuesday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1974 falls on Tuesday 22 October. Saptamī runs from 18:39 on Mon 21 Oct to 20:43 on Tue 22 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 21stCoveredSunrise 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:39 → 05:4307:0345 min07:040 min21 Oct
Chicago05:39 → 07:4307:1043 min07:1132 min21 Oct
Jersey City06:39 → 08:4307:1444 min07:1543 min22 Oct
Port of Spain06:39 → 08:4305:564 min05:5647 min22 Oct
London11:39 → 13:4307:340 min07:3641 min22 Oct
Durban12:39 → 14:4305:120 min05:1152 min22 Oct
Dubai14:39 → 16:4306:200 min06:2046 min22 Oct
Delhi16:09 → 18:1306:250 min06:2645 min22 Oct
Kolkata16:09 → 18:1305:360 min05:3646 min22 Oct
Singapore18:09 → 20:1306:170 min06:1748 min22 Oct
Sydney20:39 → 22:4305:080 min05:0752 min22 Oct
Suva22:39 → 00:4305:340 min05:3350 min22 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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