Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2046

Saturday 6 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 572 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 5 October

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

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

0 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Saturday 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

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 17:08 on Fri 5 Oct to 16:37 on Sat 6 Oct.

    2046-10-05T09:07:32Z → 2046-10-06T08:37:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:18–07:04 on the 5th, 06:19–07:05 on the 6th.

    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 46 minutes on the 5th and 46 of 46 on the 6th.

    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 34335 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2046: Saturday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2046 falls on Saturday 6 October. Saptamī runs from 17:08 on Fri 5 Oct to 16:37 on Sat 6 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 Angeles02:08 → 01:3706:5147 min06:520 min5 Oct
Chicago04:08 → 03:3706:5246 min06:540 min5 Oct
Jersey City05:08 → 04:3706:5746 min06:590 min5 Oct
Port of Spain05:08 → 04:3705:5548 min05:550 min5 Oct
London10:08 → 09:3707:080 min07:1045 min6 Oct
Durban11:08 → 10:3705:300 min05:2950 min6 Oct
Dubai13:08 → 12:3706:130 min06:1347 min6 Oct
Delhi14:38 → 14:0706:160 min06:1747 min6 Oct
Kolkata14:38 → 14:0705:300 min05:3047 min6 Oct
Singapore17:08 → 16:3706:500 min06:5048 min6 Oct
Sydney19:08 → 18:3705:280 min05:2650 min6 Oct
Suva21:08 → 20:3705:460 min05:4549 min6 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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