Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1921

Thursday 8 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 601 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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 8 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 22:41 on Wed 7 Sep to 23:02 on Thu 8 Sep.

    1921-09-07T14:40:57Z → 1921-09-08T15:02:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 7th, 11:52–12:40 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 36055 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1921: Thursday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1921 falls on Thursday 8 September. Saptamī runs from 22:41 on Wed 7 Sep to 23:02 on Thu 8 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1921/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:41 → 07:0211:2748 min11:260 min7 Sep
Chicago09:41 → 10:0212:2448 min12:240 min7 Sep
Jersey City10:41 → 11:0212:3048 min12:300 min7 Sep
Port of Spain10:41 → 11:0211:4048 min11:400 min7 Sep
London15:41 → 16:0212:340 min12:3448 min8 Sep
Durban16:41 → 17:0211:300 min11:3048 min8 Sep
Dubai18:41 → 19:0211:530 min11:5248 min8 Sep
Delhi20:11 → 20:3211:550 min11:5548 min8 Sep
Kolkata20:11 → 20:3211:110 min11:1048 min8 Sep
Singapore21:41 → 22:0211:390 min11:3848 min8 Sep
Sydney00:41 → 01:0211:300 min11:2948 min8 Sep
Suva02:41 → 03:0211:410 min11:4048 min8 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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