Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2073

Saturday 7 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 414 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 7 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:20  07:06 one muhūrta on
05:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:3207:56

46 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 8 October

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

sunrise 06:21  07:07 one muhūrta on
05:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:3307:57

0 of 46 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 23:27 on Fri 6 Oct to 22:15 on Sat 7 Oct.

    2073-10-06T15:26:47Z → 2073-10-07T14:15:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:20–07:06 on the 7th, 06:21–07:07 on the 8th.

    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 46 of 46 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 46 on the 8th.

    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 24814 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2073: Saturday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2073 falls on Saturday 7 October. Saptamī runs from 23:27 on Fri 6 Oct to 22:15 on Sat 7 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2073/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 6thCoveredSunrise 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:27 → 07:1506:520 min06:5322 min6 Oct
Chicago10:27 → 09:1506:540 min06:5546 min7 Oct
Jersey City11:27 → 10:1506:590 min07:0046 min7 Oct
Port of Spain11:27 → 10:1505:550 min05:5548 min7 Oct
London16:27 → 15:1507:110 min07:1245 min7 Oct
Durban17:27 → 16:1505:280 min05:2750 min7 Oct
Dubai19:27 → 18:1506:140 min06:1447 min7 Oct
Delhi20:57 → 19:4506:170 min06:1847 min7 Oct
Kolkata20:57 → 19:4505:300 min05:3147 min7 Oct
Singapore23:27 → 22:1506:500 min06:5048 min7 Oct
Sydney02:27 → 01:1506:260 min06:2451 min7 Oct
Suva03:27 → 02:1505:450 min05:4449 min7 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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