Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1913

Saturday 6 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 78 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 6 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 7 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 10:35 on Sat 6 Sep to 09:24 on Sun 7 Sep.

    1913-09-06T02:34:46Z → 1913-09-07T01:24:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 6th, 11:52–12:40 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 4657 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1913: Saturday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1913 falls on Saturday 6 September. Saptamī runs from 10:35 on Sat 6 Sep to 09:24 on Sun 7 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1913/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:35 → 17:2411:2748 min11:270 min6 Sep
Chicago20:35 → 19:2411:2548 min11:240 min6 Sep
Jersey City21:35 → 20:2411:3048 min11:300 min6 Sep
Port of Spain22:35 → 21:2411:4048 min11:400 min6 Sep
London02:35 → 01:2411:3448 min11:340 min6 Sep
Durban04:35 → 03:2411:3148 min11:300 min6 Sep
Dubai06:16 → 05:0511:3448 min11:340 min6 Sep
Delhi08:05 → 06:5411:5548 min11:550 min6 Sep
Kolkata08:05 → 06:5411:1148 min11:110 min6 Sep
Singapore09:35 → 08:2411:3948 min11:390 min6 Sep
Sydney12:35 → 11:2411:300 min11:300 min7 Sep
Suva14:30 → 13:1911:360 min11:3648 min7 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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