Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2058

Thursday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 417 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 Wednesday 23 October

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

sunrise 06:36  07:19 one muhūrta on
05:4806:1206:3607:0007:2407:4808:12

0 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 24 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:37  07:20 one muhūrta on
05:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:4908:13

43 of 43 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 16:09 on Wed 23 Oct to 14:18 on Thu 24 Oct.

    2058-10-23T08:09:08Z → 2058-10-24T06:17:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:36–07:19 on the 23rd, 06:37–07:20 on the 24th.

    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 44 minutes on the 23rd and 43 of 43 on the 24th.

    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 25041 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2058: Thursday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2058 falls on Thursday 24 October. Saptamī runs from 16:09 on Wed 23 Oct to 14:18 on Thu 24 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2058/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 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 23rdCoveredSunrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:09 → 23:1807:0544 min07:060 min23 Oct
Chicago03:09 → 01:1807:1343 min07:140 min23 Oct
Jersey City04:09 → 02:1807:1743 min07:180 min23 Oct
Port of Spain04:09 → 02:1805:5647 min05:560 min23 Oct
London09:09 → 07:1807:390 min07:410 min23 Oct
Durban10:09 → 08:1805:100 min05:0952 min24 Oct
Dubai12:09 → 10:1806:210 min06:2245 min24 Oct
Delhi13:39 → 11:4806:270 min06:2845 min24 Oct
Kolkata13:39 → 11:4805:370 min05:3746 min24 Oct
Singapore16:09 → 14:1806:470 min06:4748 min24 Oct
Sydney19:09 → 17:1806:050 min06:0453 min24 Oct
Suva20:09 → 18:1805:320 min05:3251 min24 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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