Morning of Tuesday 12 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
sunrise 05:40 06:30 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 06:21:00
04:5205:1605:4006:0406:2806:5207:1607:40
9 of 50 minutes covered, the last 9
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2021
Boundaryin Suva, 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 Tuesday 12 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
9 of 50 minutes covered, the last 9
Morning of Wednesday 13 October
Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.
0 of 50 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:21 on Tue 12 Oct to 04:18 on Wed 13 Oct.
2021-10-11T18:21:01Z → 2021-10-12T16:18:03Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:40–06:30 on the 12th, 05:39–06:29 on the 13th.
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 9 of 50 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 50 on the 13th.
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 522 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Suva, 2021: Tuesday 12 October.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Suva, Durgā Saptamī 2021 falls on Tuesday 12 October. Saptamī runs from 06:21 on Tue 12 Oct to 04:18 on Wed 13 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 12 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 12 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 12 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 11th | Covered | Sunrise 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:21 → 09:18 | 06:56 | 0 min | 06:56 | 46 min | 12 Oct |
| Chicago | 13:21 → 11:18 | 06:59 | 0 min | 07:00 | 45 min | 12 Oct |
| Jersey City | 14:21 → 12:18 | 07:04 | 0 min | 07:05 | 45 min | 12 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:21 → 12:18 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:55 | 48 min | 12 Oct |
| London | 19:21 → 17:18 | 07:18 | 0 min | 07:20 | 44 min | 12 Oct |
| Durban | 20:21 → 18:18 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:22 | 51 min | 12 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:21 → 20:18 | 06:15 | 0 min | 06:16 | 47 min | 12 Oct |
| Delhi | 23:51 → 21:48 | 06:20 | 0 min | 06:20 | 46 min | 12 Oct |
| Kolkata | 23:51 → 21:48 | 05:32 | 0 min | 05:32 | 47 min | 12 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:21 → 00:18 | 06:49 | 0 min | 06:49 | 48 min | 12 Oct |
| Sydney | 05:21 → 03:18 | 06:19 | 0 min | 06:18 | 51 min | 12 Oct |
| Suva | 06:21 → 04:18 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:40 | 9 min | 12 Oct |