Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2076

Monday 5 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 486 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Sunday 4 October

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

sunrise 06:18  07:04 one muhūrta on
05:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:3007:54

0 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 5 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:19  07:05 one muhūrta on
05:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:3107:55

46 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 16:15 on Sun 4 Oct to 15:11 on Mon 5 Oct.

    2076-10-04T08:14:34Z → 2076-10-05T07:10:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:18–07:04 on the 4th, 06:19–07:05 on the 5th.

    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 47 minutes on the 4th and 46 of 46 on the 5th.

    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 29144 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2076: Monday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2076 falls on Monday 5 October. Saptamī runs from 16:15 on Sun 4 Oct to 15:11 on Mon 5 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 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 4thCoveredSunrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:15 → 00:1106:5147 min06:520 min4 Oct
Chicago03:15 → 02:1106:5246 min06:530 min4 Oct
Jersey City04:15 → 03:1106:5746 min06:580 min4 Oct
Port of Spain04:15 → 03:1105:5548 min05:550 min4 Oct
London09:15 → 08:1107:080 min07:1045 min5 Oct
Durban10:15 → 09:1105:300 min05:2950 min5 Oct
Dubai12:15 → 11:1106:130 min06:1347 min5 Oct
Delhi13:45 → 12:4106:160 min06:1747 min5 Oct
Kolkata13:45 → 12:4105:300 min05:3047 min5 Oct
Singapore16:15 → 15:1106:510 min06:5048 min5 Oct
Sydney19:15 → 18:1106:280 min06:2750 min5 Oct
Suva20:15 → 19:1105:460 min05:4549 min5 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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