Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2008

Monday 6 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 148 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 6 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:19  07:05 one muhūrta on
05:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:3107:55

46 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Tuesday 7 October

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

sunrise 06:20  07:06 one muhūrta on
05:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:3207:56

0 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 01:20 on Mon 6 Oct to 03:52 on Tue 7 Oct.

    2008-10-05T17:20:05Z → 2008-10-06T19:52:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:19–07:05 on the 6th, 06:20–07:06 on the 7th.

    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 46 of 46 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 46 on the 7th.

    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 8871 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2008: Monday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2008 falls on Monday 6 October. Saptamī runs from 01:20 on Mon 6 Oct to 03:52 on Tue 7 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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 5thCoveredSunrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:20 → 12:5206:510 min06:5247 min6 Oct
Chicago12:20 → 14:5206:530 min06:5446 min6 Oct
Jersey City13:20 → 15:5206:580 min06:5946 min6 Oct
Port of Spain13:20 → 15:5205:550 min05:5548 min6 Oct
London18:20 → 20:5207:090 min07:1045 min6 Oct
Durban19:20 → 21:5205:290 min05:2850 min6 Oct
Dubai21:20 → 23:5206:130 min06:1347 min6 Oct
Delhi22:50 → 01:2206:160 min06:1747 min6 Oct
Kolkata22:50 → 01:2205:300 min05:3047 min6 Oct
Singapore01:20 → 03:5206:500 min06:5048 min6 Oct
Sydney04:20 → 06:5206:270 min06:2650 min6 Oct
Suva05:20 → 07:5205:450 min05:4549 min7 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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