Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2006

Thursday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 284 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 Wednesday 30 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

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 17:27 on Wed 30 Aug to 18:38 on Thu 31 Aug.

    2006-08-30T09:26:46Z → 2006-08-31T10:37:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 17051 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2006: Thursday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2006 falls on Thursday 31 August. Saptamī runs from 17:27 on Wed 30 Aug to 18:38 on Thu 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 31 Aug
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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:27 → 03:3812:2948 min12:290 min30 Aug
Chicago04:27 → 05:3812:2748 min12:270 min30 Aug
Jersey City05:27 → 06:3812:3348 min12:320 min30 Aug
Port of Spain05:27 → 06:3811:4348 min11:420 min30 Aug
London10:27 → 11:3812:3748 min12:360 min30 Aug
Durban11:27 → 12:3811:3348 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Dubai13:27 → 14:3811:550 min11:5548 min31 Aug
Delhi14:57 → 16:0811:580 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata14:57 → 16:0811:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore17:27 → 18:3812:410 min12:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney19:27 → 20:3811:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva21:27 → 22:3811:430 min11:4348 min31 Aug
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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