Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1920

Tuesday 19 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 402 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two mornings

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

Morning of Monday 18 October

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

sunrise 06:48  07:33 one muhūrta on
06:0006:2406:4807:1207:3608:0008:24

0 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Tuesday 19 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:49  07:34 one muhūrta on
06:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:0108:25

45 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 14:16 on Mon 18 Oct to 16:46 on Tue 19 Oct.

    1920-10-18T08:45:56Z → 1920-10-19T11:16:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:48–07:33 on the 18th, 06:49–07:34 on the 19th.

    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 0 of 45 minutes on the 18th and 45 of 45 on the 19th.

    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 24148 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Multan, 1920: Tuesday 19 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Durgā Saptamī 1920 falls on Tuesday 19 October. Saptamī runs from 14:16 on Mon 18 Oct to 16:46 on Tue 19 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1920/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 18thCoveredSunrise 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:46 → 03:1606:0145 min06:020 min18 Oct
Chicago03:46 → 06:1607:0644 min07:080 min18 Oct
Jersey City04:46 → 07:1607:1144 min07:124 min18 Oct
Port of Spain04:46 → 07:1605:5547 min05:5547 min19 Oct
London09:46 → 12:1607:290 min07:3142 min19 Oct
Durban10:46 → 13:1605:160 min05:1452 min19 Oct
Dubai12:46 → 15:1606:180 min06:1946 min19 Oct
Delhi14:16 → 16:4606:240 min06:2446 min19 Oct
Kolkata14:16 → 16:4605:340 min05:3546 min19 Oct
Singapore15:46 → 18:1605:480 min05:4748 min19 Oct
Sydney18:46 → 21:1605:110 min05:1052 min19 Oct
Suva20:46 → 23:1605:360 min05:3550 min19 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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