Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2054

Thursday 8 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 32 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 Wednesday 7 October

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

sunrise 06:20  07:06 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 07:37:57
05:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:3207:56

0 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 8 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:21  07:07 one muhūrta on
05:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:3307:57

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 07:38 on Wed 7 Oct to 08:35 on Thu 8 Oct.

    2054-10-06T23:37:57Z → 2054-10-08T00:34:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:20–07:06 on the 7th, 06:21–07:07 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 46 of 46 on the 8th.

    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 1919 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2054: Thursday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2054 falls on Thursday 8 October. Saptamī runs from 07:38 on Wed 7 Oct to 08:35 on Thu 8 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2054/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 6thCoveredSunrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:38 → 17:3506:520 min06:530 min7 Oct
Chicago18:38 → 19:3506:540 min06:560 min7 Oct
Jersey City19:38 → 20:3506:590 min07:010 min7 Oct
Port of Spain19:38 → 20:3505:550 min05:550 min7 Oct
London00:38 → 01:3507:100 min07:130 min7 Oct
Durban01:38 → 02:3505:290 min05:260 min7 Oct
Dubai03:38 → 04:3506:130 min06:140 min7 Oct
Delhi05:08 → 06:0506:170 min06:180 min7 Oct
Kolkata05:08 → 06:0505:300 min05:3134 min7 Oct
Singapore07:38 → 08:3506:500 min06:5048 min8 Oct
Sydney10:38 → 11:3506:260 min06:2351 min8 Oct
Suva11:38 → 12:3505:450 min05:4349 min8 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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