Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1933

Sunday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 160 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 28 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 09:16 on Sun 27 Aug to 07:18 on Mon 28 Aug.

    1933-08-27T01:15:34Z → 1933-08-27T23:17:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 27th, 11:55–12:43 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 9592 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1933: Sunday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1933 falls on Sunday 27 August. Saptamī runs from 09:16 on Sun 27 Aug to 07:18 on Mon 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:16 → 15:1811:3048 min11:300 min27 Aug
Chicago20:16 → 18:1812:2848 min12:270 min27 Aug
Jersey City21:16 → 19:1812:3348 min12:330 min27 Aug
Port of Spain21:16 → 19:1811:4348 min11:430 min27 Aug
London02:16 → 00:1812:3748 min12:370 min27 Aug
Durban03:16 → 01:1811:3448 min11:330 min27 Aug
Dubai05:16 → 03:1811:5648 min11:560 min27 Aug
Delhi06:46 → 04:4811:5848 min11:580 min27 Aug
Kolkata06:46 → 04:4811:1448 min11:140 min27 Aug
Singapore08:36 → 06:3812:0248 min12:020 min27 Aug
Sydney11:16 → 09:1811:3348 min11:330 min27 Aug
Suva13:16 → 11:1811:440 min11:440 min28 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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