Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1920

Sunday 19 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 532 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 18 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 19 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 21:28 on Sat 18 Sep to 23:42 on Sun 19 Sep.

    1920-09-18T13:28:20Z → 1920-09-19T15:42:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 18th, 11:48–12:36 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 31934 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1920: Sunday 19 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1920 falls on Sunday 19 September. Saptamī runs from 21:28 on Sat 18 Sep to 23:42 on Sun 19 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1920/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:28 → 07:4211:2348 min11:220 min18 Sep
Chicago08:28 → 10:4212:2048 min12:200 min18 Sep
Jersey City09:28 → 11:4212:2648 min12:260 min18 Sep
Port of Spain09:28 → 11:4211:3648 min11:366 min18 Sep
London14:28 → 16:4212:300 min12:3048 min19 Sep
Durban15:28 → 17:4211:260 min11:2648 min19 Sep
Dubai17:28 → 19:4211:490 min11:4848 min19 Sep
Delhi18:58 → 21:1211:510 min11:5148 min19 Sep
Kolkata18:58 → 21:1211:070 min11:0648 min19 Sep
Singapore20:28 → 22:4211:350 min11:3548 min19 Sep
Sydney23:28 → 01:4211:260 min11:2548 min19 Sep
Suva01:28 → 03:4211:370 min11:3648 min19 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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