Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1949

Tuesday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 201 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 29 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

Midday of Tuesday 30 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 18:00 on Mon 29 Aug to 16:04 on Tue 30 Aug.

    1949-08-29T09:59:34Z → 1949-08-30T08:03:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:55–12:43 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 12060 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1949: Tuesday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1949 falls on Tuesday 30 August. Saptamī runs from 18:00 on Mon 29 Aug to 16:04 on Tue 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:00 → 00:0411:3048 min11:290 min29 Aug
Chicago05:00 → 03:0412:2748 min12:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City06:00 → 04:0412:3348 min12:330 min29 Aug
Port of Spain06:00 → 04:0411:4348 min11:430 min29 Aug
London11:00 → 09:0412:3748 min12:370 min29 Aug
Durban12:00 → 10:0411:3321 min11:330 min29 Aug
Dubai14:00 → 12:0411:560 min11:558 min30 Aug
Delhi15:30 → 13:3411:580 min11:5848 min30 Aug
Kolkata15:30 → 13:3411:130 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore17:30 → 15:3412:120 min12:1148 min30 Aug
Sydney20:00 → 18:0411:320 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva22:00 → 20:0411:430 min11:4348 min30 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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