Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2004

Tuesday 21 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 20 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 21 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 12:58:24
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 15:02 on Mon 20 Sep to 12:58 on Tue 21 Sep.

    2004-09-20T07:01:50Z → 2004-09-21T04:58:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 20th, 11:47–12:35 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 1412 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2004: Tuesday 21 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2004 falls on Tuesday 21 September. Saptamī runs from 15:02 on Mon 20 Sep to 12:58 on Tue 21 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:02 → 21:5812:2248 min12:220 min20 Sep
Chicago02:02 → 23:5812:1948 min12:190 min20 Sep
Jersey City03:02 → 00:5812:2548 min12:250 min20 Sep
Port of Spain03:02 → 00:5811:3548 min11:350 min20 Sep
London08:02 → 05:5812:2948 min12:290 min20 Sep
Durban09:02 → 06:5811:2548 min11:250 min20 Sep
Dubai11:02 → 08:5811:4848 min11:480 min20 Sep
Delhi12:32 → 10:2811:506 min11:500 min20 Sep
Kolkata12:32 → 10:2811:060 min11:050 min21 Sep
Singapore15:02 → 12:5812:340 min12:3425 min21 Sep
Sydney17:02 → 14:5811:250 min11:2548 min21 Sep
Suva19:02 → 16:5811:360 min11:3648 min21 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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