Morning of Friday 7 October
Qualifies with 45 of 45 minutes. Not taken.
sunrise 06:58 07:44 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 06:55:26
06:1006:3406:5807:2207:4608:1008:34
45 of 45 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1921
Boundaryin Paris, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 49 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Friday 7 October
Qualifies with 45 of 45 minutes. Not taken.
45 of 45 minutes covered
Morning of Saturday 8 October
Taken. Both mornings qualify; the rule takes the second.
45 of 45 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:55 on Fri 7 Oct to 08:17 on Sat 8 Oct.
1921-10-07T05:55:27Z → 1921-10-08T07:17:15Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:58–07:44 on the 7th, 07:00–07:45 on the 8th.
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 45 of 45 minutes on the 7th and 45 of 45 on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both mornings qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 169 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Paris, 1921: Saturday 8 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Paris, Durgā Saptamī 1921 falls on Saturday 8 October. Saptamī runs from 06:55 on Fri 7 Oct to 08:17 on Sat 8 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning. It also reaches the previous morning for 45 minutes; by the rule the second morning is taken. It is 2 min 49 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 8 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Paris. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Sunrise 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:55 → 23:17 | 05:52 | 46 min | 05:53 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 00:55 → 02:17 | 06:54 | 46 min | 06:55 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:55 → 02:17 | 05:59 | 46 min | 06:00 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:55 → 03:17 | 05:55 | 48 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| London | 05:55 → 07:17 | 06:10 | 45 min | 06:12 | 45 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 07:55 → 09:17 | 05:28 | 0 min | 05:27 | 50 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:55 → 11:17 | 06:13 | 0 min | 06:14 | 47 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 11:25 → 12:47 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:18 | 47 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 11:25 → 12:47 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:30 | 47 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:55 → 14:17 | 05:50 | 0 min | 05:50 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:55 → 17:17 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:24 | 51 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 17:55 → 19:17 | 05:44 | 0 min | 05:44 | 49 min | 8 Oct |