Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2005

Saturday 10 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 170 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 Saturday 10 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 11 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 09:01 on Sat 10 Sep to 08:14 on Sun 11 Sep.

    2005-09-10T01:00:54Z → 2005-09-11T00:14:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 10th, 11:51–12:39 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 10198 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2005: Saturday 10 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2005 falls on Saturday 10 September. Saptamī runs from 09:01 on Sat 10 Sep to 08:14 on Sun 11 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 10 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:01 → 17:1412:2648 min12:250 min10 Sep
Chicago20:01 → 19:1412:2348 min12:230 min10 Sep
Jersey City21:01 → 20:1412:2948 min12:280 min10 Sep
Port of Spain21:01 → 20:1411:3948 min11:390 min10 Sep
London02:01 → 01:1412:3348 min12:330 min10 Sep
Durban03:01 → 02:1411:2948 min11:290 min10 Sep
Dubai05:01 → 04:1411:5248 min11:510 min10 Sep
Delhi06:31 → 05:4411:5448 min11:540 min10 Sep
Kolkata06:31 → 05:4411:0948 min11:090 min10 Sep
Singapore09:01 → 08:1412:3848 min12:370 min10 Sep
Sydney11:01 → 10:1411:2848 min11:280 min10 Sep
Suva13:01 → 12:1411:400 min11:3935 min11 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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