Morning of Wednesday 8 October
Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.
sunrise 06:12 06:58 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 06:10:49
05:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:2407:48
47 of 47 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1997
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 54 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Wednesday 8 October
Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.
47 of 47 minutes covered
Morning of Thursday 9 October
Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.
0 of 47 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:11 on Wed 8 Oct to 05:47 on Thu 9 Oct.
1997-10-08T01:10:50Z → 1997-10-09T00:47:29Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:12–06:58 on the 8th, 06:12–06:59 on the 9th.
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 47 of 47 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 47 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 54 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Multan, 1997: Wednesday 8 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Durgā Saptamī 1997 falls on Wednesday 8 October. Saptamī runs from 06:11 on Wed 8 Oct to 05:47 on Thu 9 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning. It is 0 min 54 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 8 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:11 → 17:47 | 06:53 | 46 min | 06:54 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Chicago | 20:11 → 19:47 | 06:55 | 46 min | 06:57 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Jersey City | 21:11 → 20:47 | 07:00 | 46 min | 07:01 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 21:11 → 20:47 | 05:55 | 48 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| London | 02:11 → 01:47 | 07:13 | 45 min | 07:15 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 03:11 → 02:47 | 05:26 | 50 min | 05:25 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 05:11 → 04:47 | 06:14 | 47 min | 06:14 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 06:41 → 06:17 | 06:18 | 24 min | 06:18 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 06:41 → 06:17 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:31 | 47 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 09:11 → 08:47 | 06:50 | 0 min | 06:49 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Sydney | 11:11 → 10:47 | 05:24 | 0 min | 05:22 | 51 min | 9 Oct |
| Suva | 13:11 → 12:47 | 05:43 | 0 min | 05:42 | 50 min | 9 Oct |