Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1972

Sunday 15 October

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.

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 Saturday 14 October

Saptamī holds for 11 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

sunrise 06:31  07:17 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 07:05:19
05:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:4308:07

11 of 45 minutes covered, the last 11

Morning of Sunday 15 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:32  07:17 one muhūrta on
05:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:4408:08

45 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 07:05 on Sat 14 Oct to 09:07 on Sun 15 Oct.

    1972-10-13T22:05:19Z → 1972-10-15T00:07:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:31–07:17 on the 14th, 06:32–07:17 on the 15th.

    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 11 of 45 minutes on the 14th and 45 of 45 on the 15th.

    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 680 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Daegu, 1972: Sunday 15 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Durgā Saptamī 1972 falls on Sunday 15 October. Saptamī runs from 07:05 on Sat 14 Oct to 09:07 on Sun 15 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1972/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 15 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 13thCoveredSunrise 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:05 → 17:0706:570 min06:590 min14 Oct
Chicago17:05 → 19:0707:010 min07:030 min14 Oct
Jersey City18:05 → 20:0707:060 min07:080 min14 Oct
Port of Spain18:05 → 20:0705:550 min05:550 min14 Oct
London23:05 → 01:0707:210 min07:250 min14 Oct
Durban00:05 → 02:0705:210 min05:180 min14 Oct
Dubai02:05 → 04:0706:160 min06:170 min14 Oct
Delhi03:35 → 05:3706:210 min06:220 min14 Oct
Kolkata03:35 → 05:3705:320 min05:334 min14 Oct
Singapore05:35 → 07:3706:180 min06:1848 min15 Oct
Sydney08:05 → 10:0705:170 min05:1552 min15 Oct
Suva10:05 → 12:0705:390 min05:3850 min15 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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