Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1972

Thursday 14 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 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 Thursday 14 September

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 11:38:10
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 15 September

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 11:38 on Thu 14 Sep to 14:05 on Fri 15 Sep.

    1972-09-14T03:38:10Z → 1972-09-15T06:05:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 14th, 11:49–12:37 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 675 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1972: Thursday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1972 falls on Thursday 14 September. Saptamī runs from 11:38 on Thu 14 Sep to 14:05 on Fri 15 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:38 → 23:0512:2448 min12:240 min14 Sep
Chicago22:38 → 01:0512:2248 min12:210 min14 Sep
Jersey City23:38 → 02:0512:2748 min12:270 min14 Sep
Port of Spain23:38 → 02:0511:3748 min11:370 min14 Sep
London04:38 → 07:0512:3148 min12:310 min14 Sep
Durban05:38 → 08:0511:2848 min11:270 min14 Sep
Dubai07:38 → 10:0511:5048 min11:500 min14 Sep
Delhi09:08 → 11:3511:5248 min11:520 min14 Sep
Kolkata09:08 → 11:3511:0848 min11:0828 min14 Sep
Singapore11:08 → 13:3512:0648 min12:0648 min14 Sep
Sydney13:38 → 16:0511:270 min11:2748 min15 Sep
Suva15:38 → 18:0511:380 min11:3848 min15 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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