Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2013

Thursday 12 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 90 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 11 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 12 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 15:54 on Wed 11 Sep to 14:08 on Thu 12 Sep.

    2013-09-11T07:53:39Z → 2013-09-12T06:07:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 11th, 11:50–12:38 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 5383 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2013: Thursday 12 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2013 falls on Thursday 12 September. Saptamī runs from 15:54 on Wed 11 Sep to 14:08 on Thu 12 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:54 → 23:0812:2548 min12:250 min11 Sep
Chicago02:54 → 01:0812:2348 min12:220 min11 Sep
Jersey City03:54 → 02:0812:2848 min12:280 min11 Sep
Port of Spain03:54 → 02:0811:3848 min11:380 min11 Sep
London08:54 → 07:0812:3348 min12:320 min11 Sep
Durban09:54 → 08:0811:2948 min11:280 min11 Sep
Dubai11:54 → 10:0811:5146 min11:510 min11 Sep
Delhi13:24 → 11:3811:530 min11:530 min12 Sep
Kolkata13:24 → 11:3811:090 min11:0929 min12 Sep
Singapore15:54 → 14:0812:370 min12:3748 min12 Sep
Sydney17:54 → 16:0811:280 min11:2848 min12 Sep
Suva19:54 → 18:0811:390 min11:3948 min12 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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