Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2088

Friday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 57 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 Thursday 21 October

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

sunrise 06:35  07:18 one muhūrta on
05:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11

0 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Friday 22 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:36  07:19 one muhūrta on
05:4806:1206:3607:0007:2407:4808:12

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 08:16 on Thu 21 Oct to 10:44 on Fri 22 Oct.

    2088-10-21T00:15:55Z → 2088-10-22T02:43:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:35–07:18 on the 21st, 06:36–07:19 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 44 of 44 on the 22nd.

    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 3449 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2088: Friday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2088 falls on Friday 22 October. Saptamī runs from 08:16 on Thu 21 Oct to 10:44 on Fri 22 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2088/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 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 21stCoveredSunrise 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:16 → 19:4407:0544 min07:050 min21 Oct
Chicago19:16 → 21:4407:1243 min07:130 min21 Oct
Jersey City20:16 → 22:4407:1643 min07:170 min21 Oct
Port of Spain20:16 → 22:4405:5647 min05:560 min21 Oct
London01:16 → 03:4407:3741 min07:390 min21 Oct
Durban02:16 → 04:4405:1152 min05:100 min21 Oct
Dubai04:16 → 06:4406:2146 min06:2122 min21 Oct
Delhi05:46 → 08:1406:2745 min06:2745 min22 Oct
Kolkata05:46 → 08:1405:3636 min05:3746 min22 Oct
Singapore08:16 → 10:4406:470 min06:4748 min22 Oct
Sydney11:16 → 13:4406:060 min06:0553 min22 Oct
Suva12:16 → 14:4405:330 min05:3350 min22 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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