Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2018

Sunday 16 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 278 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 Saturday 15 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 16 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 17:15 on Sat 15 Sep to 18:24 on Sun 16 Sep.

    2018-09-15T09:15:13Z → 2018-09-16T10:24:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 15th, 11:49–12:37 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 16683 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2018: Sunday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2018 falls on Sunday 16 September. Saptamī runs from 17:15 on Sat 15 Sep to 18:24 on Sun 16 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:15 → 03:2412:2448 min12:230 min15 Sep
Chicago04:15 → 05:2412:2148 min12:210 min15 Sep
Jersey City05:15 → 06:2412:2748 min12:270 min15 Sep
Port of Spain05:15 → 06:2411:3748 min11:370 min15 Sep
London10:15 → 11:2412:3148 min12:310 min15 Sep
Durban11:15 → 12:2411:2748 min11:2748 min15 Sep
Dubai13:15 → 14:2411:500 min11:4948 min16 Sep
Delhi14:45 → 15:5411:520 min11:5248 min16 Sep
Kolkata14:45 → 15:5411:080 min11:0748 min16 Sep
Singapore17:15 → 18:2412:360 min12:3648 min16 Sep
Sydney19:15 → 20:2411:270 min11:2648 min16 Sep
Suva21:15 → 22:2411:380 min11:3748 min16 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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