Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2002

Friday 13 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 120 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 Thursday 12 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 13 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 16:08 on Thu 12 Sep to 14:38 on Fri 13 Sep.

    2002-09-12T08:08:23Z → 2002-09-13T06:38:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 12th, 11:50–12:38 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 7219 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2002: Friday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2002 falls on Friday 13 September. Saptamī runs from 16:08 on Thu 12 Sep to 14:38 on Fri 13 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:08 → 23:3812:2548 min12:250 min12 Sep
Chicago03:08 → 01:3812:2248 min12:220 min12 Sep
Jersey City04:08 → 02:3812:2848 min12:280 min12 Sep
Port of Spain04:08 → 02:3811:3848 min11:380 min12 Sep
London09:08 → 07:3812:3248 min12:320 min12 Sep
Durban10:08 → 08:3811:2848 min11:280 min12 Sep
Dubai12:08 → 10:3811:5131 min11:510 min12 Sep
Delhi13:38 → 12:0811:530 min11:5315 min13 Sep
Kolkata13:38 → 12:0811:090 min11:0848 min13 Sep
Singapore16:08 → 14:3812:370 min12:3748 min13 Sep
Sydney18:08 → 16:3811:280 min11:2848 min13 Sep
Suva20:08 → 18:3811:390 min11:3948 min13 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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