Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2014

Monday 1 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 249 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 Monday 1 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 2 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 07:45 on Mon 1 Sep to 07:33 on Tue 2 Sep.

    2014-08-31T23:44:51Z → 2014-09-01T23:33:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 1st, 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 14947 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2014: Monday 1 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2014 falls on Monday 1 September. Saptamī runs from 07:45 on Mon 1 Sep to 07:33 on Tue 2 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 1 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 1 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:45 → 16:3312:290 min12:2948 min1 Sep
Chicago18:45 → 18:3312:270 min12:2648 min1 Sep
Jersey City19:45 → 19:3312:320 min12:3248 min1 Sep
Port of Spain19:45 → 19:3311:420 min11:4248 min1 Sep
London00:45 → 00:3312:360 min12:3648 min1 Sep
Durban01:45 → 01:3311:320 min11:3248 min1 Sep
Dubai03:45 → 03:3311:550 min11:5548 min1 Sep
Delhi05:15 → 05:0311:570 min11:5748 min1 Sep
Kolkata05:15 → 05:0311:130 min11:1248 min1 Sep
Singapore07:45 → 07:3312:410 min12:4148 min1 Sep
Sydney09:45 → 09:3311:320 min11:3248 min1 Sep
Suva11:45 → 11:3311:430 min11:4346 min1 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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