Morning of Wednesday 4 October
Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.
sunrise 05:43 06:29 one muhūrta on
04:5505:1905:4306:0706:3106:5507:19
46 of 46 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2000
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 28 s away. Say “contested”.
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.
46 of 46 minutes covered
Morning of Thursday 5 October
Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.
0 of 46 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 03:28 on Wed 4 Oct to 05:44 on Thu 5 Oct.
2000-10-03T19:28:26Z → 2000-10-04T21:43:30Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:43–06:29 on the 4th, 05:44–06:30 on the 5th.
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 46 of 46 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 46 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 28 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Daqing, 2000: Wednesday 4 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Durgā Saptamī 2000 falls on Wednesday 4 October. Saptamī runs from 03:28 on Wed 4 Oct to 05:44 on Thu 5 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning. It is 0 min 28 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 4 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 4 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 4 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 3rd | Covered | Sunrise 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:28 → 14:44 | 06:50 | 0 min | 06:50 | 47 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:28 → 16:44 | 06:50 | 0 min | 06:51 | 46 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:28 → 17:44 | 06:55 | 0 min | 06:57 | 46 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 15:28 → 17:44 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:55 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 20:28 → 22:44 | 07:05 | 0 min | 07:07 | 46 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 21:28 → 23:44 | 05:32 | 0 min | 05:31 | 50 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 23:28 → 01:44 | 06:12 | 0 min | 06:12 | 47 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:58 → 03:14 | 06:15 | 0 min | 06:16 | 47 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:58 → 03:14 | 05:29 | 0 min | 05:29 | 47 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:28 → 05:44 | 06:51 | 0 min | 06:51 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:28 → 08:44 | 06:30 | 0 min | 06:29 | 50 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 07:28 → 09:44 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:46 | 0 min | 5 Oct |