Morning of Monday 24 September
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
sunrise 05:28 06:16 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 05:29:36
04:4005:0405:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:28
47 of 49 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1906
Boundaryin Daqing, 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”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Monday 24 September
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
47 of 49 minutes covered, the last 47
Morning of Tuesday 25 September
Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 05:30 on Mon 24 Sep to 03:13 on Tue 25 Sep.
1906-09-23T21:29:37Z → 1906-09-24T19:13:12Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:28–06:16 on the 24th, 05:29–06:17 on the 25th.
udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 47 of 49 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 108 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Daqing, 1906: Monday 24 September.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Daqing, Durgā Saptamī 1906 falls on Monday 24 September. Saptamī runs from 05:30 on Mon 24 Sep to 03:13 on Tue 25 Sep, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day. It is 1 min 48 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 24 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 24 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 24 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Sunrise 23rd | Covered | Sunrise 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:30 → 11:13 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:42 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| Chicago | 15:30 → 13:13 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:39 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| Jersey City | 16:30 → 14:13 | 05:44 | 0 min | 05:45 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 17:30 → 15:13 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:55 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| London | 21:30 → 19:13 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:48 | 49 min | 24 Sep |
| Durban | 23:30 → 21:13 | 05:46 | 0 min | 05:45 | 49 min | 24 Sep |
| Dubai | 01:11 → 22:54 | 05:48 | 0 min | 05:49 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| Delhi | 03:00 → 00:43 | 06:10 | 0 min | 06:10 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| Kolkata | 03:00 → 00:43 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:26 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| Singapore | 04:30 → 02:13 | 05:54 | 0 min | 05:54 | 48 min | 24 Sep |
| Sydney | 07:30 → 05:13 | 05:45 | 0 min | 05:44 | 0 min | 24 Sep |
| Suva | 09:25 → 07:08 | 05:52 | 0 min | 05:51 | 0 min | 25 Sep |