Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1973

Monday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 100 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 3 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 4 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 08:18 on Mon 3 Sep to 10:13 on Tue 4 Sep.

    1973-09-03T00:17:48Z → 1973-09-04T02:13:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 5984 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1973: Monday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1973 falls on Monday 3 September. Saptamī runs from 08:18 on Mon 3 Sep to 10:13 on Tue 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1973/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:18 → 19:1312:2848 min12:280 min3 Sep
Chicago19:18 → 21:1312:2648 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City20:18 → 22:1312:3148 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain20:18 → 22:1311:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London01:18 → 03:1312:3548 min12:350 min3 Sep
Durban02:18 → 04:1311:3148 min11:310 min3 Sep
Dubai04:18 → 06:1311:5448 min11:540 min3 Sep
Delhi05:48 → 07:4311:5648 min11:560 min3 Sep
Kolkata05:48 → 07:4311:1248 min11:110 min3 Sep
Singapore07:48 → 09:4312:1048 min12:100 min3 Sep
Sydney10:18 → 12:1311:3148 min11:3143 min3 Sep
Suva12:18 → 14:1311:4212 min11:4248 min3 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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