Morning of Thursday 22 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
sunrise 06:21 07:06 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 07:10:05
05:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:3307:57
0 of 45 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2020
Boundaryin Multan, 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 22 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 45 minutes covered
Morning of Friday 23 October
Saptamī holds for 5 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
5 of 45 minutes covered, the first 5
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:10 on Thu 22 Oct to 06:27 on Fri 23 Oct.
2020-10-22T02:10:06Z → 2020-10-23T01:27:24Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:21–07:06 on the 22nd, 06:22–07:07 on the 23rd.
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 45 minutes on the 22nd and 5 of 45 on the 23rd.
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 236 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Multan, 2020: Thursday 22 October.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Multan, Durgā Saptamī 2020 falls on Thursday 22 October. Saptamī runs from 07:10 on Thu 22 Oct to 06:27 on Fri 23 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day. It is 3 min 56 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 22 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 22nd | Covered | Sunrise 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:10 → 18:27 | 07:05 | 44 min | 07:05 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 21:10 → 20:27 | 07:12 | 43 min | 07:13 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 22:10 → 21:27 | 07:16 | 43 min | 07:17 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 22:10 → 21:27 | 05:56 | 47 min | 05:56 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 03:10 → 02:27 | 07:38 | 41 min | 07:39 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 04:10 → 03:27 | 05:11 | 52 min | 05:10 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 06:10 → 05:27 | 06:21 | 46 min | 06:21 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Delhi | 07:40 → 06:57 | 06:27 | 0 min | 06:27 | 30 min | 22 Oct |
| Kolkata | 07:40 → 06:57 | 05:36 | 0 min | 05:37 | 46 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:10 → 09:27 | 06:47 | 0 min | 06:47 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:10 → 12:27 | 06:06 | 0 min | 06:05 | 53 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 14:10 → 13:27 | 05:33 | 0 min | 05:32 | 50 min | 23 Oct |