Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2029

Saturday 13 October

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.

Decide it for

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Saturday 13 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:23  07:10 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 06:11:16
05:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59

47 of 47 minutes covered

Morning of Sunday 14 October

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

sunrise 06:24  07:10 one muhūrta on
05:3606:0006:2406:4807:1207:3608:00

0 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 06:11 on Sat 13 Oct to 04:59 on Sun 14 Oct.

    2029-10-13T00:41:17Z → 2029-10-13T23:29:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:23–07:10 on the 13th, 06:24–07:10 on the 14th.

    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 47 of 47 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 47 on the 14th.

    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 716 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Ujjain, 2029: Saturday 13 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Durgā Saptamī 2029 falls on Saturday 13 October. Saptamī runs from 06:11 on Sat 13 Oct to 04:59 on Sun 14 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2029/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 13thCoveredSunrise 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:41 → 16:2906:5746 min06:580 min13 Oct
Chicago19:41 → 18:2907:0145 min07:030 min13 Oct
Jersey City20:41 → 19:2907:0645 min07:070 min13 Oct
Port of Spain20:41 → 19:2905:5548 min05:550 min13 Oct
London01:41 → 00:2907:2243 min07:230 min13 Oct
Durban02:41 → 01:2905:2051 min05:190 min13 Oct
Dubai04:41 → 03:2906:1646 min06:170 min13 Oct
Delhi06:11 → 04:5906:2146 min06:220 min13 Oct
Kolkata06:11 → 04:5905:328 min05:330 min13 Oct
Singapore08:41 → 07:2906:480 min06:4841 min13 Oct
Sydney11:41 → 10:2906:170 min06:1651 min14 Oct
Suva12:41 → 11:2905:390 min05:3850 min14 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