Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2008

Saturday 6 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 180 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 6 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 7 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 06:36 on Sat 6 Sep to 08:52 on Sun 7 Sep.

    2008-09-05T22:36:21Z → 2008-09-07T00:51:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 6th, 11:52–12:40 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 10802 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2008: Saturday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2008 falls on Saturday 6 September. Saptamī runs from 06:36 on Sat 6 Sep to 08:52 on Sun 7 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:36 → 17:5212:270 min12:260 min6 Sep
Chicago17:36 → 19:5212:250 min12:240 min6 Sep
Jersey City18:36 → 20:5212:300 min12:300 min6 Sep
Port of Spain18:36 → 20:5211:410 min11:400 min6 Sep
London23:36 → 01:5212:350 min12:340 min6 Sep
Durban00:36 → 02:5211:310 min11:300 min6 Sep
Dubai02:36 → 04:5211:530 min11:530 min6 Sep
Delhi04:06 → 06:2211:550 min11:550 min6 Sep
Kolkata04:06 → 06:2211:110 min11:100 min6 Sep
Singapore06:36 → 08:5212:390 min12:390 min6 Sep
Sydney08:36 → 10:5211:300 min11:290 min6 Sep
Suva10:36 → 12:5211:410 min11:4048 min6 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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