Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 1998

Saturday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 554 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 28 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 29 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 21:58 on Fri 28 Aug to 00:10 on Sun 30 Aug.

    1998-08-28T13:57:41Z → 1998-08-29T16:09:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 28th, 11:55–12:43 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 33269 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 1998: Saturday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 1998 falls on Saturday 29 August. Saptamī runs from 21:58 on Fri 28 Aug to 00:10 on Sun 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:58 → 09:1012:3048 min12:300 min28 Aug
Chicago08:58 → 11:1012:2748 min12:270 min28 Aug
Jersey City09:58 → 12:1012:3348 min12:330 min28 Aug
Port of Spain09:58 → 12:1011:4348 min11:4327 min28 Aug
London14:58 → 17:1012:370 min12:3748 min29 Aug
Durban15:58 → 18:1011:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Dubai17:58 → 20:1011:560 min11:5648 min29 Aug
Delhi19:28 → 21:4011:580 min11:5848 min29 Aug
Kolkata19:28 → 21:4011:140 min11:1348 min29 Aug
Singapore21:58 → 00:1012:420 min12:4248 min29 Aug
Sydney23:58 → 02:1011:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Suva01:58 → 04:1011:440 min11:4448 min29 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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