Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1983

Tuesday 13 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 524 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 12 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 13 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 21:22 on Mon 12 Sep to 21:51 on Tue 13 Sep.

    1983-09-12T13:22:29Z → 1983-09-13T13:51:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 12th, 11:50–12:38 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 31447 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1983: Tuesday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1983 falls on Tuesday 13 September. Saptamī runs from 21:22 on Mon 12 Sep to 21:51 on Tue 13 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:22 → 06:5112:2548 min12:250 min12 Sep
Chicago08:22 → 08:5112:2348 min12:220 min12 Sep
Jersey City09:22 → 09:5112:2848 min12:280 min12 Sep
Port of Spain09:22 → 09:5111:3848 min11:380 min12 Sep
London14:22 → 14:5112:320 min12:3248 min13 Sep
Durban15:22 → 15:5111:290 min11:2848 min13 Sep
Dubai17:22 → 17:5111:510 min11:5148 min13 Sep
Delhi18:52 → 19:2111:530 min11:5348 min13 Sep
Kolkata18:52 → 19:2111:090 min11:0948 min13 Sep
Singapore21:22 → 21:5112:370 min12:3748 min13 Sep
Sydney23:22 → 23:5111:280 min11:2848 min13 Sep
Suva01:22 → 01:5111:390 min11:3948 min13 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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