Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2081

Thursday 9 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 259 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 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

Morning of Thursday 9 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:22  07:08 one muhūrta on
05:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

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 11:26 on Wed 8 Oct to 11:36 on Thu 9 Oct.

    2081-10-08T03:26:03Z → 2081-10-09T03:36:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:21–07:07 on the 8th, 06:22–07:08 on the 9th.

    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 46 minutes on the 8th and 46 of 46 on the 9th.

    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 15524 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2081: Thursday 9 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2081 falls on Thursday 9 October. Saptamī runs from 11:26 on Wed 8 Oct to 11:36 on Thu 9 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2081/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:26 → 20:3606:5446 min06:550 min8 Oct
Chicago22:26 → 22:3606:5646 min06:580 min8 Oct
Jersey City23:26 → 23:3607:0146 min07:020 min8 Oct
Port of Spain23:26 → 23:3605:5548 min05:550 min8 Oct
London04:26 → 04:3607:1444 min07:160 min8 Oct
Durban05:26 → 05:3605:2650 min05:2511 min8 Oct
Dubai07:26 → 07:3606:140 min06:1547 min9 Oct
Delhi08:56 → 09:0606:190 min06:1947 min9 Oct
Kolkata08:56 → 09:0605:310 min05:3147 min9 Oct
Singapore11:26 → 11:3606:500 min06:5048 min9 Oct
Sydney14:26 → 14:3606:230 min06:2251 min9 Oct
Suva15:26 → 15:3605:430 min05:4250 min9 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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