Morning of Wednesday 3 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
sunrise 06:17 07:03 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 06:21:05
05:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:53
42 of 47 minutes covered, the last 42
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2068
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”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Wednesday 3 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
42 of 47 minutes covered, the last 42
Morning of Thursday 4 October
Saptamī holds for 17 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
17 of 47 minutes covered, the first 17
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:21 on Wed 3 Oct to 06:34 on Thu 4 Oct.
2068-10-02T22:21:05Z → 2068-10-03T22:34:12Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:17–07:03 on the 3rd, 06:18–07:04 on the 4th.
udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 42 of 47 minutes on the 3rd and 17 of 47 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 261 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2068: Wednesday 3 October.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2068 falls on Wednesday 3 October. Saptamī runs from 06:21 on Wed 3 Oct to 06:34 on Thu 4 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day. It is 4 min 21 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 3 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Sunrise 2nd | Covered | Sunrise 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:21 → 15:34 | 06:49 | 0 min | 06:50 | 47 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 17:21 → 17:34 | 06:50 | 0 min | 06:51 | 46 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 18:21 → 18:34 | 06:55 | 0 min | 06:56 | 46 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 18:21 → 18:34 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:55 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 23:21 → 23:34 | 07:05 | 0 min | 07:06 | 46 min | 3 Oct |
| Durban | 00:21 → 00:34 | 05:33 | 0 min | 05:31 | 50 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 02:21 → 02:34 | 06:12 | 0 min | 06:12 | 47 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:51 → 04:04 | 06:15 | 0 min | 06:16 | 47 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:51 → 04:04 | 05:29 | 0 min | 05:29 | 47 min | 3 Oct |
| Singapore | 06:21 → 06:34 | 06:51 | 0 min | 06:51 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:21 → 08:34 | 05:31 | 0 min | 05:29 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Suva | 10:21 → 10:34 | 05:48 | 0 min | 05:47 | 0 min | 4 Oct |