Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1963

Monday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 613 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 Monday 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 Tuesday 27 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 23:16 on Sun 25 Aug to 01:43 on Tue 27 Aug.

    1963-08-25T15:16:16Z → 1963-08-26T17:42:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:56–12:44 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 36781 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1963: Monday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1963 falls on Monday 26 August. Saptamī runs from 23:16 on Sun 25 Aug to 01:43 on Tue 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 Angeles08:16 → 10:4312:3148 min12:310 min25 Aug
Chicago10:16 → 12:4312:2848 min12:2814 min25 Aug
Jersey City11:16 → 13:4312:3448 min12:3448 min25 Aug
Port of Spain11:16 → 13:4311:4448 min11:4448 min25 Aug
London16:16 → 18:4312:380 min12:3848 min26 Aug
Durban17:16 → 19:4311:340 min11:3448 min26 Aug
Dubai19:16 → 21:4311:570 min11:5748 min26 Aug
Delhi20:46 → 23:1311:590 min11:5948 min26 Aug
Kolkata20:46 → 23:1311:150 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore22:46 → 01:1312:130 min12:1348 min26 Aug
Sydney01:16 → 03:4311:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva03:16 → 05:4311:450 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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