Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2003

Tuesday 2 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 48 s.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 2 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 11:46:55
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 3 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 11:47 on Tue 2 Sep to 09:36 on Wed 3 Sep.

    2003-09-02T03:46:56Z → 2003-09-03T01:35:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 408 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2003: Tuesday 2 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2003 falls on Tuesday 2 September. Saptamī runs from 11:47 on Tue 2 Sep to 09:36 on Wed 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:47 → 18:3612:2848 min12:280 min2 Sep
Chicago22:47 → 20:3612:2648 min12:260 min2 Sep
Jersey City23:47 → 21:3612:3248 min12:310 min2 Sep
Port of Spain23:47 → 21:3611:4248 min11:410 min2 Sep
London04:47 → 02:3612:3648 min12:350 min2 Sep
Durban05:47 → 03:3611:3248 min11:320 min2 Sep
Dubai07:47 → 05:3611:5448 min11:540 min2 Sep
Delhi09:17 → 07:0611:5748 min11:560 min2 Sep
Kolkata09:17 → 07:0611:1248 min11:120 min2 Sep
Singapore11:47 → 09:3612:4048 min12:400 min2 Sep
Sydney13:47 → 11:3611:310 min11:315 min3 Sep
Suva15:47 → 13:3611:420 min11:4248 min3 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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