Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2007

Tuesday 18 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 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 Tuesday 18 September

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 19 September

Qualifies with 12 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 11:59:38
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

12 of 48 minutes covered, the first 12

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 10:01 on Tue 18 Sep to 12:00 on Wed 19 Sep.

    2007-09-18T02:00:31Z → 2007-09-19T03:59:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 18th, 11:48–12:36 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 12 of 48 on the 19th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 708 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2007: Tuesday 18 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2007 falls on Tuesday 18 September. Saptamī runs from 10:01 on Tue 18 Sep to 12:00 on Wed 19 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 12 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:01 → 21:0012:2348 min12:220 min18 Sep
Chicago21:01 → 23:0012:2048 min12:200 min18 Sep
Jersey City22:01 → 00:0012:2648 min12:260 min18 Sep
Port of Spain22:01 → 00:0011:3648 min11:360 min18 Sep
London03:01 → 05:0012:3048 min12:300 min18 Sep
Durban04:01 → 06:0011:2648 min11:260 min18 Sep
Dubai06:01 → 08:0011:4948 min11:490 min18 Sep
Delhi07:31 → 09:3011:5148 min11:510 min18 Sep
Kolkata07:31 → 09:3011:0748 min11:060 min18 Sep
Singapore10:01 → 12:0012:3548 min12:350 min18 Sep
Sydney12:01 → 14:0011:2613 min11:2548 min18 Sep
Suva14:01 → 16:0011:370 min11:3748 min19 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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