Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1900

Saturday 1 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 510 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 1 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 2 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 01:54 on Sat 1 Sep to 03:29 on Sun 2 Sep.

    1900-08-31T17:49:17Z → 1900-09-01T19:23:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 1st, 11:59–12:47 on the 2nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 30603 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1900: Saturday 1 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1900 falls on Saturday 1 September. Saptamī runs from 01:54 on Sat 1 Sep to 03:29 on Sun 2 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1900/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/muktabharana-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 7 Muktabharana vrata (purvaviddha), Lalita saptami (Bengal & Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:49 → 11:2411:2948 min11:290 min31 Aug
Chicago11:49 → 13:2411:2625 min11:2648 min31 Aug
Jersey City12:49 → 14:2411:320 min11:3248 min1 Sep
Port of Spain13:49 → 15:2411:420 min11:4248 min1 Sep
London17:49 → 19:2411:360 min11:3648 min1 Sep
Durban19:19 → 20:5411:020 min11:0248 min1 Sep
Dubai21:30 → 23:0511:360 min11:3648 min1 Sep
Delhi23:10 → 00:4511:480 min11:4848 min1 Sep
Kolkata23:10 → 00:4511:040 min11:0348 min1 Sep
Singapore00:44 → 02:1911:360 min11:3648 min1 Sep
Sydney03:49 → 05:2411:320 min11:3248 min1 Sep
Suva05:44 → 07:1911:380 min11:3848 min1 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
muktabharana-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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