Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2070

Saturday 11 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 171 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 11 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:24  07:09 one muhūrta on
05:3606:0006:2406:4807:1207:3608:00

45 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 12 October

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

sunrise 06:25  07:10 one muhūrta on
05:3706:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:01

0 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 01:08 on Sat 11 Oct to 03:34 on Sun 12 Oct.

    2070-10-10T17:08:23Z → 2070-10-11T19:33:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:24–07:09 on the 11th, 06:25–07:10 on the 12th.

    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 45 of 45 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 45 on the 12th.

    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 10269 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2070: Saturday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2070 falls on Saturday 11 October. Saptamī runs from 01:08 on Sat 11 Oct to 03:34 on Sun 12 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2070/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 10thCoveredSunrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:08 → 12:3406:550 min06:5646 min11 Oct
Chicago12:08 → 14:3406:580 min06:5945 min11 Oct
Jersey City13:08 → 15:3407:030 min07:0445 min11 Oct
Port of Spain13:08 → 15:3405:550 min05:5548 min11 Oct
London18:08 → 20:3407:170 min07:1944 min11 Oct
Durban19:08 → 21:3405:240 min05:2351 min11 Oct
Dubai21:08 → 23:3406:150 min06:1647 min11 Oct
Delhi22:38 → 01:0406:190 min06:2046 min11 Oct
Kolkata22:38 → 01:0405:320 min05:3247 min11 Oct
Singapore01:08 → 03:3406:490 min06:4948 min11 Oct
Sydney04:08 → 06:3406:210 min06:1951 min11 Oct
Suva05:08 → 07:3405:420 min05:4150 min12 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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