Morning of Friday 30 September
Qualifies with 47 of 47 minutes. Not taken.
sunrise 05:36 06:23 one muhūrta on
04:4805:1205:3606:0006:2406:4807:12
47 of 47 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1938
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 31 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Friday 30 September
Qualifies with 47 of 47 minutes. Not taken.
47 of 47 minutes covered
Morning of Saturday 1 October
Taken. Both mornings qualify; the rule takes the second.
47 of 47 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 04:22 on Fri 30 Sep to 06:33 on Sat 1 Oct.
1938-09-29T20:22:11Z → 1938-09-30T22:32:50Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:36–06:23 on the 30th, 05:37–06:24 on the 1st.
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 47 minutes on the 30th and 47 of 47 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both mornings qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 511 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Daqing, 1938: Saturday 1 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Durgā Saptamī 1938 falls on Saturday 1 October. Saptamī runs from 04:22 on Fri 30 Sep to 06:33 on Sat 1 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning. It also reaches the previous morning for 47 minutes; by the rule the second morning is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 1 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 1 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 1 Oct |
| 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 29th | Covered | Sunrise 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:22 → 14:33 | 05:46 | 0 min | 05:47 | 47 min | 30 Sep |
| Chicago | 14:22 → 16:33 | 05:45 | 0 min | 05:46 | 47 min | 30 Sep |
| Jersey City | 15:22 → 17:33 | 05:50 | 0 min | 05:51 | 47 min | 30 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 16:22 → 18:33 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:55 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| London | 21:22 → 23:33 | 06:57 | 0 min | 06:59 | 47 min | 30 Sep |
| Durban | 22:22 → 00:33 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:37 | 49 min | 30 Sep |
| Dubai | 00:22 → 02:33 | 06:10 | 0 min | 06:10 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Delhi | 01:52 → 04:03 | 06:13 | 0 min | 06:13 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Kolkata | 01:52 → 04:03 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:28 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Singapore | 03:42 → 05:53 | 06:12 | 0 min | 06:12 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Sydney | 06:22 → 08:33 | 05:37 | 0 min | 05:35 | 3 min | 1 Oct |
| Suva | 08:22 → 10:33 | 05:51 | 0 min | 05:50 | 0 min | 1 Oct |