Morning of Thursday 18 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
sunrise 06:02 06:45 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 07:28:49
05:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:38
0 of 43 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2091
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 Thursday 18 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 43 minutes covered
Morning of Friday 19 October
Saptamī holds for 9 of 43 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
9 of 43 minutes covered, the first 9
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:29 on Thu 18 Oct to 06:13 on Fri 19 Oct.
2091-10-17T23:28:49Z → 2091-10-18T22:12:50Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:02–06:45 on the 18th, 06:03–06:46 on the 19th.
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 0 of 43 minutes on the 18th and 9 of 43 on the 19th.
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 566 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Daqing, 2091: Thursday 18 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Daqing, Durgā Saptamī 2091 falls on Thursday 18 October. Saptamī runs from 07:29 on Thu 18 Oct to 06:13 on Fri 19 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 18 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 18 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 18 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 17th | Covered | Sunrise 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:29 → 15:13 | 07:01 | 0 min | 07:01 | 45 min | 18 Oct |
| Chicago | 18:29 → 17:13 | 07:06 | 0 min | 07:07 | 44 min | 18 Oct |
| Jersey City | 19:29 → 18:13 | 07:11 | 0 min | 07:12 | 44 min | 18 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:29 → 18:13 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 47 min | 18 Oct |
| London | 00:29 → 23:13 | 07:29 | 0 min | 07:31 | 42 min | 18 Oct |
| Durban | 01:29 → 00:13 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:15 | 52 min | 18 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:29 → 02:13 | 06:18 | 0 min | 06:19 | 46 min | 18 Oct |
| Delhi | 04:59 → 03:43 | 06:24 | 0 min | 06:24 | 46 min | 18 Oct |
| Kolkata | 04:59 → 03:43 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:35 | 46 min | 18 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:29 → 06:13 | 06:48 | 0 min | 06:48 | 7 min | 18 Oct |
| Sydney | 10:29 → 09:13 | 06:12 | 0 min | 06:11 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Suva | 11:29 → 10:13 | 05:37 | 0 min | 05:36 | 0 min | 19 Oct |