Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2028

Monday 25 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 126 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 Sunday 24 September

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

sunrise 06:08  06:56 one muhūrta on
05:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:4408:08

0 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 25 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:09  06:57 one muhūrta on
05:2105:4506:0906:3306:5707:2107:4508:09

48 of 48 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 09:27 on Sun 24 Sep to 09:03 on Mon 25 Sep.

    2028-09-24T01:27:11Z → 2028-09-25T01:03:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:08–06:56 on the 24th, 06:09–06:57 on the 25th.

    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 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 7570 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2028: Monday 25 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2028 falls on Monday 25 September. Saptamī runs from 09:27 on Sun 24 Sep to 09:03 on Mon 25 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 Sep
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 24thCoveredSunrise 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:27 → 18:0306:4348 min06:440 min24 Sep
Chicago20:27 → 20:0306:4148 min06:420 min24 Sep
Jersey City21:27 → 21:0306:4748 min06:480 min24 Sep
Port of Spain21:27 → 21:0305:5548 min05:550 min24 Sep
London02:27 → 02:0306:5148 min06:520 min24 Sep
Durban03:27 → 03:0305:4349 min05:420 min24 Sep
Dubai05:27 → 05:0306:0848 min06:090 min24 Sep
Delhi06:57 → 06:3306:112 min06:1122 min24 Sep
Kolkata06:57 → 06:3305:260 min05:2648 min25 Sep
Singapore09:27 → 09:0306:540 min06:5348 min25 Sep
Sydney11:27 → 11:0305:420 min05:4149 min25 Sep
Suva13:27 → 13:0305:540 min05:5449 min25 Sep
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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