Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2000

Monday 4 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 4 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 5 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 11:34:15
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 10:19 on Mon 4 Sep to 11:34 on Tue 5 Sep.

    2000-09-04T02:18:43Z → 2000-09-05T03:34:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:52–12:40 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 1093 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2000: Monday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2000 falls on Monday 4 September. Saptamī runs from 10:19 on Mon 4 Sep to 11:34 on Tue 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:19 → 20:3412:2748 min12:270 min4 Sep
Chicago21:19 → 22:3412:2548 min12:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City22:19 → 23:3412:3148 min12:300 min4 Sep
Port of Spain22:19 → 23:3411:4148 min11:410 min4 Sep
London03:19 → 04:3412:3548 min12:350 min4 Sep
Durban04:19 → 05:3411:3148 min11:310 min4 Sep
Dubai06:19 → 07:3411:5448 min11:530 min4 Sep
Delhi07:49 → 09:0411:5648 min11:550 min4 Sep
Kolkata07:49 → 09:0411:1148 min11:110 min4 Sep
Singapore10:19 → 11:3412:4048 min12:390 min4 Sep
Sydney13:19 → 14:3412:300 min12:3048 min5 Sep
Suva14:19 → 15:3411:410 min11:4148 min5 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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