Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2083

Sunday 17 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 344 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 Sunday 17 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:30  07:14 one muhūrta on
05:4206:0606:3006:5407:1807:4208:06

44 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 18 October

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

sunrise 06:31  07:15 one muhūrta on
05:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:4308:07

0 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 00:46 on Sun 17 Oct to 22:45 on Sun 17 Oct.

    2083-10-16T16:45:59Z → 2083-10-17T14:45:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:30–07:14 on the 17th, 06:31–07:15 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 44 of 44 minutes on the 17th and 0 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 20629 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2083: Sunday 17 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2083 falls on Sunday 17 October. Saptamī runs from 00:46 on Sun 17 Oct to 22:45 on Sun 17 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2083/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 16thCoveredSunrise 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:46 → 07:4507:000 min07:0145 min16 Oct
Chicago11:46 → 09:4507:050 min07:0644 min17 Oct
Jersey City12:46 → 10:4507:090 min07:1044 min17 Oct
Port of Spain12:46 → 10:4505:550 min05:5647 min17 Oct
London17:46 → 15:4507:270 min07:2942 min17 Oct
Durban18:46 → 16:4505:170 min05:1651 min17 Oct
Dubai20:46 → 18:4506:180 min06:1846 min17 Oct
Delhi22:16 → 20:1506:230 min06:2446 min17 Oct
Kolkata22:16 → 20:1505:340 min05:3446 min17 Oct
Singapore00:46 → 22:4506:480 min06:4848 min17 Oct
Sydney03:46 → 01:4506:130 min06:1252 min17 Oct
Suva04:46 → 02:4505:370 min05:3750 min17 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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