Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2098

Wednesday 1 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 312 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 1 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:15  07:02 one muhūrta on
05:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:2707:51

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 2 October

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

sunrise 06:16  07:03 one muhūrta on
05:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:2807:52

0 of 47 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 23:58 on Tue 30 Sep to 01:03 on Thu 2 Oct.

    2098-09-30T15:57:55Z → 2098-10-01T17:03:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:15–07:02 on the 1st, 06:16–07:03 on the 2nd.

    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 47 of 47 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 47 on the 2nd.

    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 18745 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2098: Wednesday 1 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2098 falls on Wednesday 1 October. Saptamī runs from 23:58 on Tue 30 Sep to 01:03 on Thu 2 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2098/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 30thCoveredSunrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:58 → 10:0306:480 min06:4947 min1 Oct
Chicago10:58 → 12:0306:480 min06:4947 min1 Oct
Jersey City11:58 → 13:0306:530 min06:5447 min1 Oct
Port of Spain11:58 → 13:0305:550 min05:5548 min1 Oct
London16:58 → 18:0307:010 min07:0346 min1 Oct
Durban17:58 → 19:0305:360 min05:3450 min1 Oct
Dubai19:58 → 21:0306:110 min06:1248 min1 Oct
Delhi21:28 → 22:3306:140 min06:1547 min1 Oct
Kolkata21:28 → 22:3305:280 min05:2948 min1 Oct
Singapore23:58 → 01:0306:520 min06:5248 min1 Oct
Sydney01:58 → 03:0305:340 min05:3350 min1 Oct
Suva03:58 → 05:0305:500 min05:4949 min1 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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