Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1991

Tuesday 15 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 148 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 Monday 14 October

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

sunrise 06:26  07:11 one muhūrta on
05:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02

0 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Tuesday 15 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:27  07:12 one muhūrta on
05:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

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 09:39 on Mon 14 Oct to 12:13 on Tue 15 Oct.

    1991-10-14T01:38:51Z → 1991-10-15T04:13:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:26–07:11 on the 14th, 06:27–07:12 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 45 of 45 on the 15th.

    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 8873 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1991: Tuesday 15 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1991 falls on Tuesday 15 October. Saptamī runs from 09:39 on Mon 14 Oct to 12:13 on Tue 15 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1991/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredSunrise 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:39 → 21:1306:5746 min06:580 min14 Oct
Chicago20:39 → 23:1307:0245 min07:030 min14 Oct
Jersey City21:39 → 00:1307:0645 min07:070 min14 Oct
Port of Spain21:39 → 00:1305:5548 min05:550 min14 Oct
London02:39 → 05:1307:2243 min07:240 min14 Oct
Durban03:39 → 06:1305:2051 min05:1951 min15 Oct
Dubai05:39 → 08:1306:1646 min06:1746 min15 Oct
Delhi07:09 → 09:4306:210 min06:2246 min15 Oct
Kolkata07:09 → 09:4305:330 min05:3347 min15 Oct
Singapore09:39 → 12:1306:480 min06:4848 min15 Oct
Sydney11:39 → 14:1305:170 min05:1551 min15 Oct
Suva13:39 → 16:1305:390 min05:3850 min15 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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