Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2033

Friday 30 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 24 s.

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 Friday 30 September

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 07:13  08:00 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 06:31:08
06:2506:4907:1307:3708:0108:2508:49

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Saturday 1 October

Saptamī holds for 9 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

sunrise 07:14  08:01 one muhūrta on
Saptamī ends 07:23:12
06:2606:5007:1407:3808:0208:2608:50

9 of 47 minutes covered, the first 9

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 06:31 on Fri 30 Sep to 07:23 on Sat 1 Oct.

    2033-09-30T03:31:09Z → 2033-10-01T04:23:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:13–08:00 on the 30th, 07:14–08:01 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 9 of 47 on the 1st.

    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 564 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Bucharest, 2033: Friday 30 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Durgā Saptamī 2033 falls on Friday 30 September. Saptamī runs from 06:31 on Fri 30 Sep to 07:23 on Sat 1 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2033/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 30 Sep
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 30thCoveredSunrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:31 → 21:2306:4747 min06:480 min30 Sep
Chicago22:31 → 23:2306:4747 min06:480 min30 Sep
Jersey City23:31 → 00:2306:5247 min06:540 min30 Sep
Port of Spain23:31 → 00:2305:5548 min05:550 min30 Sep
London04:31 → 05:2307:0047 min07:020 min30 Sep
Durban05:31 → 06:2305:3649 min05:3449 min30 Sep
Dubai07:31 → 08:2306:110 min06:1148 min1 Oct
Delhi09:01 → 09:5306:140 min06:1447 min1 Oct
Kolkata09:01 → 09:5305:280 min05:2848 min1 Oct
Singapore11:31 → 12:2306:520 min06:5248 min1 Oct
Sydney13:31 → 14:2305:340 min05:3350 min1 Oct
Suva15:31 → 16:2305:500 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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