Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1925

Wednesday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 577 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 26 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 27 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 02:19 on Wed 26 Aug to 01:25 on Thu 27 Aug.

    1925-08-25T18:18:32Z → 1925-08-26T17:24:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:55–12:43 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 34632 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1925: Wednesday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1925 falls on Wednesday 26 August. Saptamī runs from 02:19 on Wed 26 Aug to 01:25 on Thu 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1925/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 Aug
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:19 → 09:2511:3148 min11:300 min25 Aug
Chicago13:19 → 12:2512:280 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City14:19 → 13:2512:340 min12:3448 min26 Aug
Port of Spain14:19 → 13:2511:440 min11:4448 min26 Aug
London19:19 → 18:2512:380 min12:3848 min26 Aug
Durban20:19 → 19:2511:340 min11:3448 min26 Aug
Dubai22:19 → 21:2511:570 min11:5648 min26 Aug
Delhi23:49 → 22:5511:590 min11:5948 min26 Aug
Kolkata23:49 → 22:5511:150 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore01:19 → 00:2511:430 min11:4248 min26 Aug
Sydney04:19 → 03:2511:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva06:19 → 05:2511:450 min11:4448 min26 Aug
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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