Midday of Monday 8 September
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:52 12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1997
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 495 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 8 September
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 9 September
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 20:54 on Mon 8 Sep to 21:30 on Tue 9 Sep.
1997-09-08T12:54:07Z → 1997-09-09T13:29:43Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 8th, 11:51–12:39 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 29673 s
Ruling
Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1997: Tuesday 9 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1997 falls on Tuesday 9 September. Saptamī runs from 20:54 on Mon 8 Sep to 21:30 on Tue 9 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 9 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 9 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 9 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/muktabharana-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Muktabharana vrata (purvaviddha), Lalita saptami (Bengal & Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:54 → 06:30 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 8 Sep |
| Chicago | 07:54 → 08:30 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 8 Sep |
| Jersey City | 08:54 → 09:30 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 8 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 08:54 → 09:30 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 8 Sep |
| London | 13:54 → 14:30 | 12:34 | 0 min | 12:33 | 48 min | 9 Sep |
| Durban | 14:54 → 15:30 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 9 Sep |
| Dubai | 16:54 → 17:30 | 11:52 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 9 Sep |
| Delhi | 18:24 → 19:00 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 9 Sep |
| Kolkata | 18:24 → 19:00 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:10 | 48 min | 9 Sep |
| Singapore | 20:54 → 21:30 | 12:38 | 0 min | 12:38 | 48 min | 9 Sep |
| Sydney | 22:54 → 23:30 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 9 Sep |
| Suva | 00:54 → 01:30 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 9 Sep |