Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1902

Tuesday 9 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 125 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 8 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 9 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 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 14:45 on Mon 8 Sep to 17:02 on Tue 9 Sep.

    1902-09-08T06:45:12Z → 1902-09-09T09:01:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 8th, 11:51–12:39 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 7523 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1902: Tuesday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1902 falls on Tuesday 9 September. Saptamī runs from 14:45 on Mon 8 Sep to 17:02 on Tue 9 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:45 → 01:0211:2648 min11:260 min8 Sep
Chicago00:45 → 03:0211:2448 min11:240 min8 Sep
Jersey City01:45 → 04:0211:3048 min11:290 min8 Sep
Port of Spain02:45 → 05:0211:4048 min11:390 min8 Sep
London06:45 → 09:0211:3448 min11:340 min8 Sep
Durban08:15 → 10:3211:0048 min11:000 min8 Sep
Dubai10:26 → 12:4311:3448 min11:3348 min8 Sep
Delhi12:06 → 14:2311:4628 min11:4548 min8 Sep
Kolkata12:06 → 14:2311:010 min11:0148 min9 Sep
Singapore13:40 → 15:5711:340 min11:3348 min9 Sep
Sydney16:45 → 19:0211:290 min11:2948 min9 Sep
Suva18:40 → 20:5711:350 min11:3548 min9 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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