Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2012

Saturday 22 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 245 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 Friday 21 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 22 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 18:48 on Fri 21 Sep to 16:39 on Sat 22 Sep.

    2012-09-21T10:47:47Z → 2012-09-22T08:39:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 21st, 11:47–12:35 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 14673 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2012: Saturday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2012 falls on Saturday 22 September. Saptamī runs from 18:48 on Fri 21 Sep to 16:39 on Sat 22 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:48 → 01:3912:2248 min12:210 min21 Sep
Chicago05:48 → 03:3912:1948 min12:190 min21 Sep
Jersey City06:48 → 04:3912:2548 min12:240 min21 Sep
Port of Spain06:48 → 04:3911:3548 min11:350 min21 Sep
London11:48 → 09:3912:2948 min12:290 min21 Sep
Durban12:48 → 10:3911:250 min11:250 min22 Sep
Dubai14:48 → 12:3911:480 min11:4748 min22 Sep
Delhi16:18 → 14:0911:500 min11:4948 min22 Sep
Kolkata16:18 → 14:0911:050 min11:0548 min22 Sep
Singapore18:48 → 16:3912:340 min12:3348 min22 Sep
Sydney20:48 → 18:3911:240 min11:2448 min22 Sep
Suva22:48 → 20:3911:360 min11:3548 min22 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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