Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2030

Thursday 3 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 157 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 Thursday 3 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 05:41  06:27 one muhūrta on
04:5305:1705:4106:0506:2906:5307:17

46 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Friday 4 October

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

sunrise 05:42  06:28 one muhūrta on
04:5405:1805:4206:0606:3006:5407:18

0 of 46 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 03:04 on Thu 3 Oct to 00:55 on Fri 4 Oct.

    2030-10-02T19:03:30Z → 2030-10-03T16:54:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:41–06:27 on the 3rd, 05:42–06:28 on the 4th.

    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 46 of 46 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 46 on the 4th.

    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 9449 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Daqing, 2030: Thursday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Durgā Saptamī 2030 falls on Thursday 3 October. Saptamī runs from 03:04 on Thu 3 Oct to 00:55 on Fri 4 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2030/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 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 2ndCoveredSunrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:04 → 09:5506:490 min06:4947 min3 Oct
Chicago14:04 → 11:5506:490 min06:5047 min3 Oct
Jersey City15:04 → 12:5506:540 min06:5547 min3 Oct
Port of Spain15:04 → 12:5505:550 min05:5548 min3 Oct
London20:04 → 17:5507:030 min07:0546 min3 Oct
Durban21:04 → 18:5505:340 min05:3250 min3 Oct
Dubai23:04 → 20:5506:110 min06:1247 min3 Oct
Delhi00:34 → 22:2506:150 min06:1547 min3 Oct
Kolkata00:34 → 22:2505:280 min05:2948 min3 Oct
Singapore03:04 → 00:5506:510 min06:5148 min3 Oct
Sydney05:04 → 02:5505:320 min05:3050 min3 Oct
Suva07:04 → 04:5505:480 min05:470 min3 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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