Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1908

Friday 2 October

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 430 minutes.

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 Thursday 1 October

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

sunrise 05:52  06:39 one muhūrta on
05:0405:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:28

0 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Friday 2 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 05:53  06:40 one muhūrta on
05:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29

47 of 47 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 14:37 on Thu 1 Oct to 13:50 on Fri 2 Oct.

    1908-10-01T19:37:30Z → 1908-10-02T18:49:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:52–06:39 on the 1st, 05:53–06:40 on the 2nd.

    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 47 minutes on the 1st and 47 of 47 on the 2nd.

    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 25800 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Queens, 1908: Friday 2 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Durgā Saptamī 1908 falls on Friday 2 October. Saptamī runs from 14:37 on Thu 1 Oct to 13:50 on Fri 2 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/1908/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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 1stCoveredSunrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:37 → 10:5005:470 min05:4847 min2 Oct
Chicago13:37 → 12:5005:470 min05:4847 min2 Oct
Jersey City14:37 → 13:5005:530 min05:5447 min2 Oct
Port of Spain15:37 → 14:5005:550 min05:5548 min2 Oct
London19:37 → 18:5006:010 min06:0246 min2 Oct
Durban21:37 → 20:5005:350 min05:3450 min2 Oct
Dubai23:18 → 22:3105:520 min05:5248 min2 Oct
Delhi01:07 → 00:2006:140 min06:1447 min2 Oct
Kolkata01:07 → 00:2005:280 min05:2848 min2 Oct
Singapore02:37 → 01:5005:520 min05:5148 min2 Oct
Sydney05:37 → 04:5005:340 min05:3244 min2 Oct
Suva07:32 → 06:4505:440 min05:430 min3 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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