Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1982

Wednesday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 422 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 Wednesday 25 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 Thursday 26 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 03:32 on Wed 25 Aug to 04:54 on Thu 26 Aug.

    1982-08-24T19:31:49Z → 1982-08-25T20:53:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 25322 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1982: Wednesday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1982 falls on Wednesday 25 August. Saptamī runs from 03:32 on Wed 25 Aug to 04:54 on Thu 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:32 → 13:5412:3147 min12:3148 min24 Aug
Chicago14:32 → 15:5412:290 min12:2848 min25 Aug
Jersey City15:32 → 16:5412:340 min12:3448 min25 Aug
Port of Spain15:32 → 16:5411:440 min11:4448 min25 Aug
London20:32 → 21:5412:380 min12:3848 min25 Aug
Durban21:32 → 22:5411:340 min11:3448 min25 Aug
Dubai23:32 → 00:5411:570 min11:5748 min25 Aug
Delhi01:02 → 02:2411:590 min11:5948 min25 Aug
Kolkata01:02 → 02:2411:150 min11:1548 min25 Aug
Singapore03:32 → 04:5412:430 min12:4348 min25 Aug
Sydney05:32 → 06:5411:340 min11:3448 min25 Aug
Suva07:32 → 08:5411:450 min11:4548 min25 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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