Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2016

Saturday 8 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 355 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Saturday 8 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 05:48  06:33 one muhūrta on
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24

45 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 9 October

Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.

sunrise 05:50  06:35 one muhūrta on
05:0205:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:26

0 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 22:12 on Fri 7 Oct to 23:55 on Sat 8 Oct.

    2016-10-07T14:11:45Z → 2016-10-08T15:54:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:48–06:33 on the 8th, 05:50–06:35 on the 9th.

    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 45 of 45 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 45 on the 9th.

    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 21291 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Daqing, 2016: Saturday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Durgā Saptamī 2016 falls on Saturday 8 October. Saptamī runs from 22:12 on Fri 7 Oct to 23:55 on Sat 8 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2016/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 7thCoveredSunrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:12 → 08:5506:5327 min06:5346 min8 Oct
Chicago09:12 → 10:5506:550 min06:5646 min8 Oct
Jersey City10:12 → 11:5507:000 min07:0146 min8 Oct
Port of Spain10:12 → 11:5505:550 min05:5548 min8 Oct
London15:12 → 16:5507:120 min07:1445 min8 Oct
Durban16:12 → 17:5505:270 min05:2650 min8 Oct
Dubai18:12 → 19:5506:140 min06:1447 min8 Oct
Delhi19:42 → 21:2506:180 min06:1847 min8 Oct
Kolkata19:42 → 21:2505:300 min05:3147 min8 Oct
Singapore22:12 → 23:5506:500 min06:5048 min8 Oct
Sydney01:12 → 02:5506:240 min06:2351 min8 Oct
Suva02:12 → 03:5505:440 min05:4349 min8 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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