Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1939

Tuesday 19 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 20 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 05:56 on Tue 19 Sep to 06:10 on Wed 20 Sep.

    1939-09-18T21:55:46Z → 1939-09-19T22:10:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 19th, 11:48–12:36 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 20244 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1939: Tuesday 19 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1939 falls on Tuesday 19 September. Saptamī runs from 05:56 on Tue 19 Sep to 06:10 on Wed 20 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles13:56 → 14:1011:230 min11:2348 min19 Sep
Chicago16:56 → 17:1012:210 min12:2048 min19 Sep
Jersey City17:56 → 18:1012:260 min12:2648 min19 Sep
Port of Spain17:56 → 18:1011:360 min11:3648 min19 Sep
London22:56 → 23:1012:300 min12:3048 min19 Sep
Durban23:56 → 00:1011:270 min11:2648 min19 Sep
Dubai01:56 → 02:1011:490 min11:4948 min19 Sep
Delhi03:26 → 03:4011:510 min11:5148 min19 Sep
Kolkata03:26 → 03:4011:070 min11:0748 min19 Sep
Singapore05:16 → 05:3011:550 min11:5548 min19 Sep
Sydney07:56 → 08:1011:260 min11:2648 min19 Sep
Suva09:56 → 10:1011:370 min11:3748 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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