Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1983

Thursday 13 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 356 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Wednesday 12 October

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

sunrise 06:24  07:09 one muhūrta on
05:3606:0006:2406:4807:1207:3608:00

0 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 13 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:25  07:10 one muhūrta on
05:3706:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:01

45 of 45 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 13:06 on Wed 12 Oct to 14:41 on Thu 13 Oct.

    1983-10-12T05:05:37Z → 1983-10-13T06:41:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:24–07:09 on the 12th, 06:25–07:10 on the 13th.

    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 45 minutes on the 12th and 45 of 45 on the 13th.

    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 21383 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1983: Thursday 13 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1983 falls on Thursday 13 October. Saptamī runs from 13:06 on Wed 12 Oct to 14:41 on Thu 13 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 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 12thCoveredSunrise 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:06 → 23:4106:5646 min06:560 min12 Oct
Chicago00:06 → 01:4106:5945 min07:000 min12 Oct
Jersey City01:06 → 02:4107:0445 min07:050 min12 Oct
Port of Spain01:06 → 02:4105:5548 min05:550 min12 Oct
London06:06 → 07:4107:1944 min07:2021 min12 Oct
Durban07:06 → 08:4105:220 min05:2151 min13 Oct
Dubai09:06 → 10:4106:150 min06:1647 min13 Oct
Delhi10:36 → 12:1106:200 min06:2046 min13 Oct
Kolkata10:36 → 12:1105:320 min05:3247 min13 Oct
Singapore13:06 → 14:4106:490 min06:4948 min13 Oct
Sydney15:06 → 16:4105:190 min05:1851 min13 Oct
Suva17:06 → 18:4105:410 min05:4050 min13 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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