Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2056

Sunday 15 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 442 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Saturday 14 October

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

sunrise 06:27  07:12 one muhūrta on
05:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

0 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 15 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:28  07:13 one muhūrta on
05:4006:0406:2806:5207:1607:4008:04

45 of 45 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 16:16 on Sat 14 Oct to 14:35 on Sun 15 Oct.

    2056-10-14T08:15:36Z → 2056-10-15T06:35:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:27–07:12 on the 14th, 06:28–07:13 on the 15th.

    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 45 minutes on the 14th and 45 of 45 on the 15th.

    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 26538 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2056: Sunday 15 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2056 falls on Sunday 15 October. Saptamī runs from 16:16 on Sat 14 Oct to 14:35 on Sun 15 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 15 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 14thCoveredSunrise 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:16 → 23:3506:5845 min06:590 min14 Oct
Chicago03:16 → 01:3507:0344 min07:040 min14 Oct
Jersey City04:16 → 02:3507:0845 min07:090 min14 Oct
Port of Spain04:16 → 02:3505:5548 min05:550 min14 Oct
London09:16 → 07:3507:240 min07:269 min14 Oct
Durban10:16 → 08:3505:190 min05:1851 min15 Oct
Dubai12:16 → 10:3506:170 min06:1846 min15 Oct
Delhi13:46 → 12:0506:220 min06:2246 min15 Oct
Kolkata13:46 → 12:0505:330 min05:3446 min15 Oct
Singapore16:16 → 14:3506:480 min06:4848 min15 Oct
Sydney19:16 → 17:3506:150 min06:1452 min15 Oct
Suva20:16 → 18:3505:380 min05:3750 min15 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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