Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1978

Saturday 9 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 614 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 Saturday 9 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 10 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 01:37 on Sat 9 Sep to 00:13 on Sun 10 Sep.

    1978-09-08T17:37:03Z → 1978-09-09T16:12:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 9th, 11:51–12:39 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 36858 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1978: Saturday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1978 falls on Saturday 9 September. Saptamī runs from 01:37 on Sat 9 Sep to 00:13 on Sun 10 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:37 → 09:1312:2648 min12:260 min8 Sep
Chicago12:37 → 11:1312:2435 min12:240 min8 Sep
Jersey City13:37 → 12:1312:300 min12:290 min9 Sep
Port of Spain13:37 → 12:1311:400 min11:3933 min9 Sep
London18:37 → 17:1312:340 min12:3348 min9 Sep
Durban19:37 → 18:1311:300 min11:3048 min9 Sep
Dubai21:37 → 20:1311:520 min11:5248 min9 Sep
Delhi23:07 → 21:4311:550 min11:5448 min9 Sep
Kolkata23:07 → 21:4311:100 min11:1048 min9 Sep
Singapore01:07 → 23:4312:080 min12:0848 min9 Sep
Sydney03:37 → 02:1311:290 min11:2948 min9 Sep
Suva05:37 → 04:1311:400 min11:4048 min9 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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