Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2036

Friday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 286 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 Friday 26 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:10  06:58 one muhūrta on
05:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:46

48 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Saturday 27 September

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

sunrise 06:11  06:59 one muhūrta on
05:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:47

0 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 00:22 on Fri 26 Sep to 01:25 on Sat 27 Sep.

    2036-09-25T16:21:42Z → 2036-09-26T17:24:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:10–06:58 on the 26th, 06:11–06:59 on the 27th.

    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 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 17170 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2036: Friday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2036 falls on Friday 26 September. Saptamī runs from 00:22 on Fri 26 Sep to 01:25 on Sat 27 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 25thCoveredSunrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:22 → 10:2506:440 min06:4548 min26 Sep
Chicago11:22 → 12:2506:420 min06:4348 min26 Sep
Jersey City12:22 → 13:2506:480 min06:4948 min26 Sep
Port of Spain12:22 → 13:2505:550 min05:5548 min26 Sep
London17:22 → 18:2506:530 min06:5448 min26 Sep
Durban18:22 → 19:2505:410 min05:4049 min26 Sep
Dubai20:22 → 21:2506:090 min06:0948 min26 Sep
Delhi21:52 → 22:5506:110 min06:1248 min26 Sep
Kolkata21:52 → 22:5505:260 min05:2748 min26 Sep
Singapore00:22 → 01:2506:530 min06:5348 min26 Sep
Sydney02:22 → 03:2505:410 min05:3949 min26 Sep
Suva04:22 → 05:2505:540 min05:5349 min26 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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