Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2071

Wednesday 30 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 415 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 Wednesday 30 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:13  07:01 one muhūrta on
05:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:49

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 1 October

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

sunrise 06:14  07:01 one muhūrta on
05:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:2607:50

0 of 47 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 21:38 on Tue 29 Sep to 23:20 on Wed 30 Sep.

    2071-09-29T13:37:40Z → 2071-09-30T15:19:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:13–07:01 on the 30th, 06:14–07:01 on the 1st.

    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 47 of 47 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 47 on the 1st.

    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 24872 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2071: Wednesday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2071 falls on Wednesday 30 September. Saptamī runs from 21:38 on Tue 29 Sep to 23:20 on Wed 30 Sep and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2071/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 29thCoveredSunrise 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:38 → 08:2006:4748 min06:4747 min30 Sep
Chicago08:38 → 10:2006:460 min06:4747 min30 Sep
Jersey City09:38 → 11:2006:510 min06:5247 min30 Sep
Port of Spain09:38 → 11:2005:550 min05:5548 min30 Sep
London14:38 → 16:2006:580 min07:0047 min30 Sep
Durban15:38 → 17:2005:370 min05:3649 min30 Sep
Dubai17:38 → 19:2006:100 min06:1148 min30 Sep
Delhi19:08 → 20:5006:130 min06:1448 min30 Sep
Kolkata19:08 → 20:5005:280 min05:2848 min30 Sep
Singapore21:38 → 23:2006:520 min06:5248 min30 Sep
Sydney23:38 → 01:2005:360 min05:3549 min30 Sep
Suva01:38 → 03:2005:510 min05:5049 min30 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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