Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2002

Saturday 12 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 422 minutes.

Decide it for

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two mornings

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

Morning of Saturday 12 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:14  07:00 one muhūrta on
05:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:2607:50

46 of 46 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 13 October

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

sunrise 06:15  07:01 one muhūrta on
05:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:2707:51

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 23:12 on Fri 11 Oct to 22:35 on Sat 12 Oct.

    2002-10-11T18:12:04Z → 2002-10-12T17:34:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:14–07:00 on the 12th, 06:15–07:01 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 46 on the 13th.

    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 25322 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Multan, 2002: Saturday 12 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Durgā Saptamī 2002 falls on Saturday 12 October. Saptamī runs from 23:12 on Fri 11 Oct to 22:35 on Sat 12 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2002/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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 11thCoveredSunrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:12 → 10:3506:550 min06:5646 min12 Oct
Chicago13:12 → 12:3506:590 min07:0045 min12 Oct
Jersey City14:12 → 13:3507:030 min07:0445 min12 Oct
Port of Spain14:12 → 13:3505:550 min05:5548 min12 Oct
London19:12 → 18:3507:180 min07:1944 min12 Oct
Durban20:12 → 19:3505:230 min05:2251 min12 Oct
Dubai22:12 → 21:3506:150 min06:1647 min12 Oct
Delhi23:42 → 23:0506:200 min06:2046 min12 Oct
Kolkata23:42 → 23:0505:320 min05:3247 min12 Oct
Singapore02:12 → 01:3506:490 min06:4948 min12 Oct
Sydney04:12 → 03:3505:200 min05:1951 min12 Oct
Suva06:12 → 05:3505:410 min05:4018 min12 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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