Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1982

Saturday 23 October

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.

Decide it for

12°03′ S 77°02′ W · America/Lima · GeoNames 3936456

The two mornings

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

Morning of Saturday 23 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 05:39  06:29 one muhūrta on
04:5105:1505:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:39

50 of 50 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 24 October

Saptamī holds for 12 of 50 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

sunrise 05:39  06:29 one muhūrta on
Saptamī ends 05:50:34
04:5105:1505:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:39

12 of 50 minutes covered, the first 12

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 03:10 on Sat 23 Oct to 05:51 on Sun 24 Oct.

    1982-10-23T08:09:57Z → 1982-10-24T10:50:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:39–06:29 on the 23rd, 05:39–06:29 on the 24th.

    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 50 of 50 minutes on the 23rd and 12 of 50 on the 24th.

    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 697 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Lima, 1982: Saturday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Durgā Saptamī 1982 falls on Saturday 23 October. Saptamī runs from 03:10 on Sat 23 Oct to 05:51 on Sun 24 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1982/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 23rdCoveredSunrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:10 → 03:5107:0544 min07:060 min23 Oct
Chicago03:10 → 05:5107:1243 min07:130 min23 Oct
Jersey City04:10 → 06:5107:1643 min07:170 min23 Oct
Port of Spain04:10 → 06:5105:5647 min05:5647 min24 Oct
London09:10 → 10:5107:380 min06:4041 min24 Oct
Durban10:10 → 12:5105:100 min05:0952 min24 Oct
Dubai12:10 → 14:5106:210 min06:2246 min24 Oct
Delhi13:40 → 16:2106:270 min06:2745 min24 Oct
Kolkata13:40 → 16:2105:360 min05:3746 min24 Oct
Singapore16:10 → 18:5106:470 min06:4748 min24 Oct
Sydney18:10 → 20:5105:050 min05:0453 min24 Oct
Suva20:10 → 22:5105:330 min05:3250 min24 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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