Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2047

Wednesday 25 September

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 Wednesday 25 September

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

sunrise 06:08  06:57 one muhūrta on
05:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:4408:08

0 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 26 September

Saptamī holds for 7 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

sunrise 06:09  06:57 one muhūrta on
Saptamī ends 06:16:02
05:2105:4506:0906:3306:5707:2107:4508:09

7 of 48 minutes covered, the first 7

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 08:13 on Wed 25 Sep to 06:16 on Thu 26 Sep.

    2047-09-25T00:13:28Z → 2047-09-25T22:16:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:08–06:57 on the 25th, 06:09–06:57 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 7 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 404 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2047: Wednesday 25 September.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2047 falls on Wednesday 25 September. Saptamī runs from 08:13 on Wed 25 Sep to 06:16 on Thu 26 Sep, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2047/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 25thCoveredSunrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:13 → 15:1606:4448 min06:440 min25 Sep
Chicago19:13 → 17:1606:4248 min06:430 min25 Sep
Jersey City20:13 → 18:1606:4748 min06:480 min25 Sep
Port of Spain20:13 → 18:1605:5548 min05:550 min25 Sep
London01:13 → 23:1606:5248 min06:530 min25 Sep
Durban02:13 → 00:1605:4249 min05:410 min25 Sep
Dubai04:13 → 02:1606:0948 min06:090 min25 Sep
Delhi05:43 → 03:4606:1148 min06:120 min25 Sep
Kolkata05:43 → 03:4605:2631 min05:270 min25 Sep
Singapore08:13 → 06:1606:530 min06:530 min25 Sep
Sydney10:13 → 08:1605:420 min05:4049 min26 Sep
Suva12:13 → 10:1605:540 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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