Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1968

Friday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 479 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 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 Friday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 22:51 on Thu 29 Aug to 20:41 on Fri 30 Aug.

    1968-08-29T14:51:13Z → 1968-08-30T12:41:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:54–12:42 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 28722 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1968: Friday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1968 falls on Friday 30 August. Saptamī runs from 22:51 on Thu 29 Aug to 20:41 on Fri 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 Angeles07:51 → 05:4112:2948 min12:290 min29 Aug
Chicago09:51 → 07:4112:2748 min12:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City10:51 → 08:4112:3348 min12:320 min29 Aug
Port of Spain10:51 → 08:4111:4348 min11:420 min29 Aug
London15:51 → 13:4112:370 min12:3648 min30 Aug
Durban16:51 → 14:4111:330 min11:3348 min30 Aug
Dubai18:51 → 16:4111:550 min11:5548 min30 Aug
Delhi20:21 → 18:1111:580 min11:5748 min30 Aug
Kolkata20:21 → 18:1111:130 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore22:21 → 20:1112:120 min12:1148 min30 Aug
Sydney00:51 → 22:4111:320 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva02:51 → 00:4111:430 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

About Ahargaṇa