Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2072

Tuesday 18 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 470 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 Monday 17 October

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

sunrise 06:30  07:15 one muhūrta on
05:4206:0606:3006:5407:1807:4208:06

0 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Tuesday 18 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:31  07:16 one muhūrta on
05:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:4308:07

44 of 44 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 15:05 on Mon 17 Oct to 15:55 on Tue 18 Oct.

    2072-10-17T07:04:37Z → 2072-10-18T07:55:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:30–07:15 on the 17th, 06:31–07:16 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 44 of 44 on the 18th.

    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 28191 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2072: Tuesday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2072 falls on Tuesday 18 October. Saptamī runs from 15:05 on Mon 17 Oct to 15:55 on Tue 18 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 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 17thCoveredSunrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:05 → 00:5507:0145 min07:020 min17 Oct
Chicago02:05 → 02:5507:0744 min07:080 min17 Oct
Jersey City03:05 → 03:5507:1144 min07:120 min17 Oct
Port of Spain03:05 → 03:5505:5647 min05:560 min17 Oct
London08:05 → 08:5507:307 min07:3142 min18 Oct
Durban09:05 → 09:5505:150 min05:1452 min18 Oct
Dubai11:05 → 11:5506:190 min06:1946 min18 Oct
Delhi12:35 → 13:2506:240 min06:2446 min18 Oct
Kolkata12:35 → 13:2505:340 min05:3546 min18 Oct
Singapore15:05 → 15:5506:480 min06:4848 min18 Oct
Sydney18:05 → 18:5506:110 min06:1052 min18 Oct
Suva19:05 → 19:5505:360 min05:3550 min18 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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