Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2004

Wednesday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 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 Wednesday 20 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:33  07:17 one muhūrta on
05:4506:0906:3306:5707:2107:4508:09

44 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 21 October

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

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

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 21:21 on Tue 19 Oct to 19:03 on Wed 20 Oct.

    2004-10-19T13:20:58Z → 2004-10-20T11:03:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:33–07:17 on the 20th, 06:34–07:18 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 44 on the 21st.

    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 33109 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2004: Wednesday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2004 falls on Wednesday 20 October. Saptamī runs from 21:21 on Tue 19 Oct to 19:03 on Wed 20 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 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 19thCoveredSunrise 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:21 → 04:0307:0245 min07:030 min19 Oct
Chicago08:21 → 06:0307:080 min07:090 min19 Oct
Jersey City09:21 → 07:0307:130 min07:140 min19 Oct
Port of Spain09:21 → 07:0305:560 min05:5647 min20 Oct
London14:21 → 12:0307:320 min07:3441 min20 Oct
Durban15:21 → 13:0305:140 min05:1352 min20 Oct
Dubai17:21 → 15:0306:190 min06:2046 min20 Oct
Delhi18:51 → 16:3306:250 min06:2545 min20 Oct
Kolkata18:51 → 16:3305:350 min05:3546 min20 Oct
Singapore21:21 → 19:0306:470 min06:4748 min20 Oct
Sydney23:21 → 21:0305:090 min05:0852 min20 Oct
Suva01:21 → 23:0305:350 min05:3450 min20 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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