Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2015

Sunday 20 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 414 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 Sunday 20 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

Midday of Monday 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

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 04:10 on Sun 20 Sep to 04:54 on Mon 21 Sep.

    2015-09-19T20:09:39Z → 2015-09-20T20:53:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 20th, 11:47–12:35 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 24813 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2015: Sunday 20 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2015 falls on Sunday 20 September. Saptamī runs from 04:10 on Sun 20 Sep to 04:54 on Mon 21 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2015/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:10 → 13:5412:221 min12:2248 min19 Sep
Chicago15:10 → 15:5412:200 min12:2048 min20 Sep
Jersey City16:10 → 16:5412:260 min12:2548 min20 Sep
Port of Spain16:10 → 16:5411:360 min11:3548 min20 Sep
London21:10 → 21:5412:300 min12:3048 min20 Sep
Durban22:10 → 22:5411:260 min11:2648 min20 Sep
Dubai00:10 → 00:5411:490 min11:4848 min20 Sep
Delhi01:40 → 02:2411:510 min11:5048 min20 Sep
Kolkata01:40 → 02:2411:060 min11:0648 min20 Sep
Singapore04:10 → 04:5412:350 min12:3448 min20 Sep
Sydney06:10 → 06:5411:250 min11:2548 min20 Sep
Suva08:10 → 08:5411:360 min11:3648 min20 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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