Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1985

Friday 20 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 114 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 Friday 20 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 21 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 09:54 on Fri 20 Sep to 07:53 on Sat 21 Sep.

    1985-09-20T01:53:37Z → 1985-09-20T23:53:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 20th, 11:47–12:35 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 6824 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1985: Friday 20 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1985 falls on Friday 20 September. Saptamī runs from 09:54 on Fri 20 Sep to 07:53 on Sat 21 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1985/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:54 → 16:5312:2248 min12:220 min20 Sep
Chicago20:54 → 18:5312:2048 min12:190 min20 Sep
Jersey City21:54 → 19:5312:2548 min12:250 min20 Sep
Port of Spain21:54 → 19:5311:3548 min11:350 min20 Sep
London02:54 → 00:5312:2948 min12:290 min20 Sep
Durban03:54 → 01:5311:2648 min11:250 min20 Sep
Dubai05:54 → 03:5311:4848 min11:480 min20 Sep
Delhi07:24 → 05:2311:5048 min11:500 min20 Sep
Kolkata07:24 → 05:2311:0648 min11:060 min20 Sep
Singapore09:54 → 07:5312:3448 min12:340 min20 Sep
Sydney11:54 → 09:5311:2519 min11:250 min20 Sep
Suva13:54 → 11:5311:360 min11:3618 min21 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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