Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2021

Monday 13 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 303 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 Sunday 12 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 13 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 19:51 on Sun 12 Sep to 17:41 on Mon 13 Sep.

    2021-09-12T11:51:06Z → 2021-09-13T09:41:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 12th, 11:50–12:38 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 18207 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2021: Monday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2021 falls on Monday 13 September. Saptamī runs from 19:51 on Sun 12 Sep to 17:41 on Mon 13 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2021/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:51 → 02:4112:2548 min12:240 min12 Sep
Chicago06:51 → 04:4112:2248 min12:220 min12 Sep
Jersey City07:51 → 05:4112:2848 min12:280 min12 Sep
Port of Spain07:51 → 05:4111:3848 min11:380 min12 Sep
London12:51 → 10:4112:3229 min12:320 min12 Sep
Durban13:51 → 11:4111:280 min11:2813 min13 Sep
Dubai15:51 → 13:4111:510 min11:5048 min13 Sep
Delhi17:21 → 15:1111:530 min11:5348 min13 Sep
Kolkata17:21 → 15:1111:090 min11:0848 min13 Sep
Singapore19:51 → 17:4112:370 min12:3748 min13 Sep
Sydney21:51 → 19:4111:280 min11:2748 min13 Sep
Suva23:51 → 21:4111:390 min11:3848 min13 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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