Morning of Thursday 19 October
Qualifies with 44 of 44 minutes. Not taken.
sunrise 06:31 07:16 one muhūrta on
05:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:4308:07
44 of 44 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2034
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 33 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Thursday 19 October
Qualifies with 44 of 44 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 44 minutes covered
Morning of Friday 20 October
Taken. Both mornings qualify; the rule takes the second.
44 of 44 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 05:32 on Thu 19 Oct to 07:21 on Fri 20 Oct.
2034-10-18T21:31:44Z → 2034-10-19T23:21:04Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:31–07:16 on the 19th, 06:32–07:17 on the 20th.
udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 44 of 44 minutes on the 19th and 44 of 44 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both mornings qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 273 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2034: Friday 20 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2034 falls on Friday 20 October. Saptamī runs from 05:32 on Thu 19 Oct to 07:21 on Fri 20 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning. It also reaches the previous morning for 44 minutes; by the rule the second morning is taken. It is 4 min 33 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 20 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Sunrise 18th | Covered | Sunrise 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:32 → 16:21 | 07:01 | 0 min | 07:02 | 45 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:32 → 18:21 | 07:07 | 0 min | 07:08 | 44 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:32 → 19:21 | 07:11 | 0 min | 07:12 | 44 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:32 → 19:21 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:56 | 47 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 22:32 → 00:21 | 07:30 | 0 min | 07:32 | 42 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 23:32 → 01:21 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:14 | 52 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:32 → 03:21 | 06:19 | 0 min | 06:19 | 46 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:02 → 04:51 | 06:24 | 0 min | 06:24 | 46 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:02 → 04:51 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:35 | 46 min | 19 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:32 → 07:21 | 06:48 | 0 min | 06:47 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:32 → 10:21 | 06:11 | 0 min | 06:10 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 09:32 → 11:21 | 05:36 | 0 min | 05:35 | 0 min | 20 Oct |