Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2011

Sunday 4 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 102 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 3 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 16:16 on Sat 3 Sep to 14:23 on Sun 4 Sep.

    2011-09-03T08:15:31Z → 2011-09-04T06:22:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 6109 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2011: Sunday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2011 falls on Sunday 4 September. Saptamī runs from 16:16 on Sat 3 Sep to 14:23 on Sun 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2011/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:16 → 23:2312:2848 min12:280 min3 Sep
Chicago03:16 → 01:2312:2648 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City04:16 → 02:2312:3148 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain04:16 → 02:2311:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London09:16 → 07:2312:3548 min12:350 min3 Sep
Durban10:16 → 08:2311:3248 min11:310 min3 Sep
Dubai12:16 → 10:2311:5427 min11:540 min3 Sep
Delhi13:46 → 11:5311:560 min11:560 min4 Sep
Kolkata13:46 → 11:5311:120 min11:1241 min4 Sep
Singapore16:16 → 14:2312:400 min12:4048 min4 Sep
Sydney18:16 → 16:2311:310 min11:3148 min4 Sep
Suva20:16 → 18:2311:420 min11:4248 min4 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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