Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2020

Tuesday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 128 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 24 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 17:02 on Mon 24 Aug to 14:52 on Tue 25 Aug.

    2020-08-24T09:01:32Z → 2020-08-25T06:52:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 24th, 11:56–12:44 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 7703 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2020: Tuesday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2020 falls on Tuesday 25 August. Saptamī runs from 17:02 on Mon 24 Aug to 14:52 on Tue 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:02 → 23:5212:3148 min12:310 min24 Aug
Chicago04:02 → 01:5212:2848 min12:280 min24 Aug
Jersey City05:02 → 02:5212:3448 min12:340 min24 Aug
Port of Spain05:02 → 02:5211:4448 min11:440 min24 Aug
London10:02 → 07:5212:3848 min12:380 min24 Aug
Durban11:02 → 08:5211:3448 min11:340 min24 Aug
Dubai13:02 → 10:5211:570 min11:570 min25 Aug
Delhi14:32 → 12:2211:590 min11:5923 min25 Aug
Kolkata14:32 → 12:2211:150 min11:1448 min25 Aug
Singapore17:02 → 14:5212:430 min12:4348 min25 Aug
Sydney19:02 → 16:5211:340 min11:3348 min25 Aug
Suva21:02 → 18:5211:450 min11:4548 min25 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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