Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1986

Wednesday 10 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 297 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 10 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 11 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

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 07:54 on Wed 10 Sep to 05:47 on Thu 11 Sep.

    1986-09-09T22:53:36Z → 1986-09-10T20:46:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 10th, 12:51–13:39 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 17843 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1986: Wednesday 10 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1986 falls on Wednesday 10 September. Saptamī runs from 07:54 on Wed 10 Sep to 05:47 on Thu 11 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1986/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:54 → 13:4712:260 min12:2648 min10 Sep
Chicago17:54 → 15:4712:240 min12:2348 min10 Sep
Jersey City18:54 → 16:4712:290 min12:2948 min10 Sep
Port of Spain18:54 → 16:4711:390 min11:3948 min10 Sep
London23:54 → 21:4712:330 min12:3348 min10 Sep
Durban00:54 → 22:4711:300 min11:2948 min10 Sep
Dubai02:54 → 00:4711:520 min11:5248 min10 Sep
Delhi04:24 → 02:1711:540 min11:5448 min10 Sep
Kolkata04:24 → 02:1711:100 min11:1048 min10 Sep
Singapore06:54 → 04:4712:380 min12:3848 min10 Sep
Sydney08:54 → 06:4711:290 min11:2948 min10 Sep
Suva10:54 → 08:4711:400 min11:4048 min10 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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