Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1984

Monday 1 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 650 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 Sunday 30 September

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

sunrise 06:13  07:00 one muhūrta on
05:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:49

0 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 1 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:14  07:01 one muhūrta on
05:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:2607:50

47 of 47 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 18:23 on Sun 30 Sep to 17:51 on Mon 1 Oct.

    1984-09-30T10:23:03Z → 1984-10-01T09:51:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:13–07:00 on the 30th, 06:14–07:01 on the 1st.

    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 47 minutes on the 30th and 47 of 47 on the 1st.

    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 39007 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1984: Monday 1 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1984 falls on Monday 1 October. Saptamī runs from 18:23 on Sun 30 Sep to 17:51 on Mon 1 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 1 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 1 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 1 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 30thCoveredSunrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:23 → 02:5106:4747 min06:480 min30 Sep
Chicago05:23 → 04:5106:4747 min06:480 min30 Sep
Jersey City06:23 → 05:5106:5247 min06:530 min30 Sep
Port of Spain06:23 → 05:5105:5520 min05:550 min30 Sep
London11:23 → 10:5107:000 min07:0246 min1 Oct
Durban12:23 → 11:5105:360 min05:3549 min1 Oct
Dubai14:23 → 13:5106:110 min06:1148 min1 Oct
Delhi15:53 → 15:2106:140 min06:1448 min1 Oct
Kolkata15:53 → 15:2105:280 min05:2848 min1 Oct
Singapore18:23 → 17:5106:520 min06:5148 min1 Oct
Sydney20:23 → 19:5105:340 min05:3350 min1 Oct
Suva22:23 → 21:5105:500 min05:4949 min1 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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