Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2016

Thursday 8 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 302 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 8 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 9 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 04:33 on Thu 8 Sep to 06:49 on Fri 9 Sep.

    2016-09-07T20:33:15Z → 2016-09-08T22:49:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 8th, 11:51–12:39 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 18118 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2016: Thursday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2016 falls on Thursday 8 September. Saptamī runs from 04:33 on Thu 8 Sep to 06:49 on Fri 9 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:33 → 15:4912:260 min12:2648 min8 Sep
Chicago15:33 → 17:4912:240 min12:2448 min8 Sep
Jersey City16:33 → 18:4912:300 min12:2948 min8 Sep
Port of Spain16:33 → 18:4911:400 min11:3948 min8 Sep
London21:33 → 23:4912:340 min12:3348 min8 Sep
Durban22:33 → 00:4911:300 min11:3048 min8 Sep
Dubai00:33 → 02:4911:520 min11:5248 min8 Sep
Delhi02:03 → 04:1911:550 min11:5448 min8 Sep
Kolkata02:03 → 04:1911:100 min11:1048 min8 Sep
Singapore04:33 → 06:4912:390 min12:3848 min8 Sep
Sydney06:33 → 08:4911:290 min11:2948 min8 Sep
Suva08:33 → 10:4911:400 min11:4048 min8 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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