Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2007

Thursday 18 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 141 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 Thursday 18 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:30  07:14 one muhūrta on
05:4206:0606:3006:5407:1807:4208:06

44 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Friday 19 October

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

sunrise 06:31  07:15 one muhūrta on
05:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:4308:07

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 02:54 on Thu 18 Oct to 04:10 on Fri 19 Oct.

    2007-10-17T18:53:31Z → 2007-10-18T20:09:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:30–07:14 on the 18th, 06:31–07:15 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 44 on the 19th.

    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 8480 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2007: Thursday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2007 falls on Thursday 18 October. Saptamī runs from 02:54 on Thu 18 Oct to 04:10 on Fri 19 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 18 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 17thCoveredSunrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:54 → 13:1007:000 min07:0145 min18 Oct
Chicago13:54 → 15:1007:050 min07:0644 min18 Oct
Jersey City14:54 → 16:1007:100 min07:1144 min18 Oct
Port of Spain14:54 → 16:1005:550 min05:5547 min18 Oct
London19:54 → 21:1007:270 min07:2942 min18 Oct
Durban20:54 → 22:1005:170 min05:1651 min18 Oct
Dubai22:54 → 00:1006:180 min06:1846 min18 Oct
Delhi00:24 → 01:4006:230 min06:2446 min18 Oct
Kolkata00:24 → 01:4005:340 min05:3446 min18 Oct
Singapore02:54 → 04:1006:480 min06:4848 min18 Oct
Sydney04:54 → 06:1005:130 min05:1152 min19 Oct
Suva06:54 → 08:1005:370 min05:360 min19 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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