Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2066

Sunday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 263 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 Saturday 25 September

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

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 26 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:10  06:58 one muhūrta on
05:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:4608:10

48 of 48 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 13:20 on Sat 25 Sep to 11:21 on Sun 26 Sep.

    2066-09-25T05:20:29Z → 2066-09-26T03:21:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:09–06:57 on the 25th, 06:10–06:58 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 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 15808 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2066: Sunday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2066 falls on Sunday 26 September. Saptamī runs from 13:20 on Sat 25 Sep to 11:21 on Sun 26 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2066/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 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 Angeles22:20 → 20:2106:4448 min06:450 min25 Sep
Chicago00:20 → 22:2106:4248 min06:430 min25 Sep
Jersey City01:20 → 23:2106:4848 min06:490 min25 Sep
Port of Spain01:20 → 23:2105:5548 min05:550 min25 Sep
London06:20 → 04:2106:5248 min06:540 min25 Sep
Durban07:20 → 05:2105:420 min05:410 min25 Sep
Dubai09:20 → 07:2106:090 min06:0948 min26 Sep
Delhi10:50 → 08:5106:110 min06:1248 min26 Sep
Kolkata10:50 → 08:5105:270 min05:2748 min26 Sep
Singapore13:20 → 11:2106:530 min06:5348 min26 Sep
Sydney15:20 → 13:2105:410 min05:4049 min26 Sep
Suva17:20 → 15:2105:540 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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