Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2038

Monday 4 October

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Saptamī reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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 4 October

Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.

sunrise 06:17  07:03 one muhūrta on
05:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:53

0 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Tuesday 5 October

Saptamī holds for 9 of 46 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

sunrise 06:18  07:04 one muhūrta on
Saptamī ends 06:26:58
05:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:3007:54

9 of 46 minutes covered, the first 9

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 08:04 on Mon 4 Oct to 06:27 on Tue 5 Oct.

    2038-10-04T00:04:22Z → 2038-10-04T22:26:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:17–07:03 on the 4th, 06:18–07:04 on the 5th.

    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 47 minutes on the 4th and 9 of 46 on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 551 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2038: Monday 4 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2038 falls on Monday 4 October. Saptamī runs from 08:04 on Mon 4 Oct to 06:27 on Tue 5 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 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 4thCoveredSunrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:04 → 15:2706:5047 min06:510 min4 Oct
Chicago19:04 → 17:2706:5146 min06:520 min4 Oct
Jersey City20:04 → 18:2706:5646 min06:570 min4 Oct
Port of Spain20:04 → 18:2705:5548 min05:550 min4 Oct
London01:04 → 23:2707:0646 min07:080 min4 Oct
Durban02:04 → 00:2705:3150 min05:300 min4 Oct
Dubai04:04 → 02:2706:1247 min06:130 min4 Oct
Delhi05:34 → 03:5706:1647 min06:160 min4 Oct
Kolkata05:34 → 03:5705:2942 min05:300 min4 Oct
Singapore08:04 → 06:2706:510 min06:500 min4 Oct
Sydney11:04 → 09:2706:290 min06:2850 min5 Oct
Suva12:04 → 10:2705:460 min05:4649 min5 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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