Midday of Wednesday 2 September
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:54 12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1908
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 256 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 2 September
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 3 September
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 16:57 on Wed 2 Sep to 17:03 on Thu 3 Sep.
1908-09-02T08:57:13Z → 1908-09-03T09:02:34Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 15337 s
Ruling
Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1908: Thursday 3 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1908 falls on Thursday 3 September. Saptamī runs from 16:57 on Wed 2 Sep to 17:03 on Thu 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/muktabharana-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Muktabharana vrata (purvaviddha), Lalita saptami (Bengal & Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Madhyāhna 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:57 → 01:03 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Chicago | 02:57 → 03:03 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Jersey City | 03:57 → 04:03 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 04:57 → 05:03 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| London | 08:57 → 09:03 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Durban | 10:57 → 11:03 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Dubai | 12:38 → 12:44 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 3 Sep |
| Delhi | 14:27 → 14:33 | 11:57 | 0 min | 11:56 | 48 min | 3 Sep |
| Kolkata | 14:27 → 14:33 | 11:12 | 0 min | 11:12 | 48 min | 3 Sep |
| Singapore | 15:57 → 16:03 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 3 Sep |
| Sydney | 18:57 → 19:03 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 3 Sep |
| Suva | 20:52 → 20:58 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 3 Sep |