Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2005

Monday 10 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 529 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 9 October

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

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

0 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 10 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:23  07:08 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 17:35 on Sun 9 Oct to 15:57 on Mon 10 Oct.

    2005-10-09T09:34:37Z → 2005-10-10T07:57:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:22–07:07 on the 9th, 06:23–07:08 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 46 of 46 on the 10th.

    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 31756 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2005: Monday 10 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2005 falls on Monday 10 October. Saptamī runs from 17:35 on Sun 9 Oct to 15:57 on Mon 10 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 10 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 10 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 10 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 9thCoveredSunrise 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:35 → 00:5706:5446 min06:550 min9 Oct
Chicago04:35 → 02:5706:5745 min06:580 min9 Oct
Jersey City05:35 → 03:5707:0246 min07:030 min9 Oct
Port of Spain05:35 → 03:5705:5548 min05:550 min9 Oct
London10:35 → 08:5707:150 min07:1644 min10 Oct
Durban11:35 → 09:5705:250 min05:2451 min10 Oct
Dubai13:35 → 11:5706:140 min06:1547 min10 Oct
Delhi15:05 → 13:2706:190 min06:1947 min10 Oct
Kolkata15:05 → 13:2705:310 min05:3147 min10 Oct
Singapore17:35 → 15:5706:490 min06:4948 min10 Oct
Sydney19:35 → 17:5705:220 min05:2151 min10 Oct
Suva21:35 → 19:5705:420 min05:4250 min10 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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