Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1990

Monday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 573 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 27 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 28 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

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 01:04 on Mon 27 Aug to 03:22 on Tue 28 Aug.

    1990-08-26T16:04:28Z → 1990-08-27T18:21:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 27th, 12:55–13:43 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 34402 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1990: Monday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1990 falls on Monday 27 August. Saptamī runs from 01:04 on Mon 27 Aug to 03:22 on Tue 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1990/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:04 → 11:2212:3048 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago11:04 → 13:2212:2848 min12:2848 min26 Aug
Jersey City12:04 → 14:2212:3448 min12:3348 min26 Aug
Port of Spain12:04 → 14:2211:4427 min11:4448 min26 Aug
London17:04 → 19:2212:380 min12:3848 min27 Aug
Durban18:04 → 20:2211:340 min11:3448 min27 Aug
Dubai20:04 → 22:2211:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi21:34 → 23:5211:590 min11:5948 min27 Aug
Kolkata21:34 → 23:5211:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore00:04 → 02:2212:430 min12:4248 min27 Aug
Sydney02:04 → 04:2211:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva04:04 → 06:2211:440 min11:4448 min27 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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