Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2039

Sunday 23 October

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”.

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 Sunday 23 October

Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.

sunrise 06:22  07:06 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 07:48:19
05:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

0 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 24 October

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

sunrise 06:22  07:07 one muhūrta on
Saptamī ends 05:44:30
05:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

0 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 07:48 on Sun 23 Oct to 05:45 on Mon 24 Oct.

    2039-10-23T02:48:19Z → 2039-10-24T00:44:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:22–07:06 on the 23rd, 06:22–07:07 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 0 of 45 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 45 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 2262 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Multan, 2039: Sunday 23 October.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Durgā Saptamī 2039 falls on Sunday 23 October. Saptamī runs from 07:48 on Sun 23 Oct to 05:45 on Mon 24 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2039/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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 23rdCoveredSunrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:48 → 17:4507:0544 min07:060 min23 Oct
Chicago21:48 → 19:4507:1243 min07:140 min23 Oct
Jersey City22:48 → 20:4507:1743 min07:180 min23 Oct
Port of Spain22:48 → 20:4505:5647 min05:560 min23 Oct
London03:48 → 01:4507:3841 min07:400 min23 Oct
Durban04:48 → 02:4505:1052 min05:090 min23 Oct
Dubai06:48 → 04:4506:2118 min06:220 min23 Oct
Delhi08:18 → 06:1506:270 min06:280 min23 Oct
Kolkata08:18 → 06:1505:370 min05:3738 min23 Oct
Singapore10:48 → 08:4506:470 min06:4748 min24 Oct
Sydney13:48 → 11:4506:050 min06:0453 min24 Oct
Suva14:48 → 12:4505:330 min05:3251 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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