Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2017

Monday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 528 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 28 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 29 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 01:12 on Mon 28 Aug to 03:07 on Tue 29 Aug.

    2017-08-27T17:11:32Z → 2017-08-28T19:06:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 28th, 11:55–12:43 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 31682 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2017: Monday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2017 falls on Monday 28 August. Saptamī runs from 01:12 on Mon 28 Aug to 03:07 on Tue 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 28 Aug
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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:12 → 12:0712:3048 min12:300 min27 Aug
Chicago12:12 → 14:0712:2848 min12:2748 min27 Aug
Jersey City13:12 → 15:0712:3310 min12:3348 min27 Aug
Port of Spain13:12 → 15:0711:430 min11:4348 min28 Aug
London18:12 → 20:0712:370 min12:3748 min28 Aug
Durban19:12 → 21:0711:340 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Dubai21:12 → 23:0711:560 min11:5648 min28 Aug
Delhi22:42 → 00:3711:580 min11:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata22:42 → 00:3711:140 min11:1448 min28 Aug
Singapore01:12 → 03:0712:420 min12:4248 min28 Aug
Sydney03:12 → 05:0711:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Suva05:12 → 07:0711:440 min11:4448 min28 Aug
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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