Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1994

Tuesday 11 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 531 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 Monday 10 October

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

sunrise 06:22  07:08 one muhūrta on
05:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

0 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Tuesday 11 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:23  07:09 one muhūrta on
05:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59

46 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 17:48 on Mon 10 Oct to 16:00 on Tue 11 Oct.

    1994-10-10T09:48:01Z → 1994-10-11T07:59:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:22–07:08 on the 10th, 06:23–07:09 on the 11th.

    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 46 minutes on the 10th and 46 of 46 on the 11th.

    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 31847 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 1994: Tuesday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 1994 falls on Tuesday 11 October. Saptamī runs from 17:48 on Mon 10 Oct to 16:00 on Tue 11 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 11 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 10thCoveredSunrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:48 → 01:0006:5446 min06:550 min10 Oct
Chicago04:48 → 03:0006:5745 min06:590 min10 Oct
Jersey City05:48 → 04:0007:0245 min07:030 min10 Oct
Port of Spain05:48 → 04:0005:5548 min05:550 min10 Oct
London10:48 → 09:0007:160 min07:1844 min11 Oct
Durban11:48 → 10:0005:240 min05:2351 min11 Oct
Dubai13:48 → 12:0006:150 min06:1547 min11 Oct
Delhi15:18 → 13:3006:190 min06:1946 min11 Oct
Kolkata15:18 → 13:3005:310 min05:3247 min11 Oct
Singapore17:48 → 16:0006:490 min06:4948 min11 Oct
Sydney19:48 → 18:0005:210 min05:2051 min11 Oct
Suva21:48 → 20:0005:420 min05:4150 min11 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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