Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2012

Sunday 21 October

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 520 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 Sunday 21 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:17  07:01 one muhūrta on
05:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:53

44 of 44 minutes covered

Morning of Monday 22 October

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

sunrise 06:17  07:02 one muhūrta on
05:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:53

0 of 44 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 21:37 on Sat 20 Oct to 19:46 on Sun 21 Oct.

    2012-10-20T18:06:55Z → 2012-10-21T16:15:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:17–07:01 on the 21st, 06:17–07:02 on the 22nd.

    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 44 of 44 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 44 on the 22nd.

    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 31175 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Tehran, 2012: Sunday 21 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Durgā Saptamī 2012 falls on Sunday 21 October. Saptamī runs from 21:37 on Sat 20 Oct to 19:46 on Sun 21 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2012/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 20thCoveredSunrise 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:07 → 09:1607:030 min07:0444 min21 Oct
Chicago13:07 → 11:1607:100 min07:1143 min21 Oct
Jersey City14:07 → 12:1607:140 min07:1543 min21 Oct
Port of Spain14:07 → 12:1605:560 min05:5647 min21 Oct
London19:07 → 17:1607:340 min07:3641 min21 Oct
Durban20:07 → 18:1605:130 min05:1252 min21 Oct
Dubai22:07 → 20:1606:200 min06:2046 min21 Oct
Delhi23:37 → 21:4606:250 min06:2645 min21 Oct
Kolkata23:37 → 21:4605:350 min05:3646 min21 Oct
Singapore02:07 → 00:1606:470 min06:4748 min21 Oct
Sydney05:07 → 03:1606:080 min06:0752 min21 Oct
Suva07:07 → 05:1605:340 min06:3317 min21 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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