Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2000

Wednesday 4 October

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 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 Wednesday 4 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:23  07:10 one muhūrta on
05:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Thursday 5 October

Saptamī holds for 20 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

sunrise 06:24  07:11 one muhūrta on
Saptamī ends 06:43:30
05:3606:0006:2406:4807:1207:3608:00

20 of 47 minutes covered, the first 20

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 04:28 on Wed 4 Oct to 06:44 on Thu 5 Oct.

    2000-10-03T19:28:26Z → 2000-10-04T21:43:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:23–07:10 on the 4th, 06:24–07:11 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 20 of 47 on the 5th.

    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 1176 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Daegu, 2000: Wednesday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Durgā Saptamī 2000 falls on Wednesday 4 October. Saptamī runs from 04:28 on Wed 4 Oct to 06:44 on Thu 5 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2000/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 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 3rdCoveredSunrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:28 → 14:4406:500 min06:5047 min4 Oct
Chicago14:28 → 16:4406:500 min06:5146 min4 Oct
Jersey City15:28 → 17:4406:550 min06:5746 min4 Oct
Port of Spain15:28 → 17:4405:550 min05:5548 min4 Oct
London20:28 → 22:4407:050 min07:0746 min4 Oct
Durban21:28 → 23:4405:320 min05:3150 min4 Oct
Dubai23:28 → 01:4406:120 min06:1247 min4 Oct
Delhi00:58 → 03:1406:150 min06:1647 min4 Oct
Kolkata00:58 → 03:1405:290 min05:2947 min4 Oct
Singapore03:28 → 05:4406:510 min06:5148 min4 Oct
Sydney06:28 → 08:4406:300 min06:2950 min5 Oct
Suva07:28 → 09:4405:470 min05:460 min5 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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