Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1986

Thursday 9 October

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Saptamī reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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 Thursday 9 October

Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.

sunrise 06:23  07:08 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 06:51:25
05:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59

17 of 45 minutes covered, the last 17

Morning of Friday 10 October

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

sunrise 06:24  07:09 one muhūrta on
05:3606:0006:2406:4807:1207:3608:00

0 of 45 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 06:51 on Thu 9 Oct to 04:33 on Fri 10 Oct.

    1986-10-09T04:51:26Z → 1986-10-10T02:32:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:23–07:08 on the 9th, 06:24–07:09 on the 10th.

    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 17 of 45 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 45 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 1000 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Bucharest, 1986: Thursday 9 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Durgā Saptamī 1986 falls on Thursday 9 October. Saptamī runs from 06:51 on Thu 9 Oct to 04:33 on Fri 10 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1986/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 Bucharest.

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 9thCoveredSunrise 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:51 → 19:3306:5446 min06:540 min9 Oct
Chicago23:51 → 21:3306:5646 min06:570 min9 Oct
Jersey City00:51 → 22:3307:0146 min07:020 min9 Oct
Port of Spain00:51 → 22:3305:5548 min05:550 min9 Oct
London05:51 → 03:3307:1444 min07:160 min9 Oct
Durban06:51 → 04:3305:260 min05:240 min9 Oct
Dubai08:51 → 06:3306:140 min06:1518 min9 Oct
Delhi10:21 → 08:0306:180 min06:1947 min10 Oct
Kolkata10:21 → 08:0305:310 min05:3147 min10 Oct
Singapore12:51 → 10:3306:500 min06:4948 min10 Oct
Sydney14:51 → 12:3305:230 min05:2151 min10 Oct
Suva16:51 → 14:3305:430 min05:4250 min10 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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