Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2039

Friday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 25 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 Friday 26 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 22:13 on Thu 25 Aug to 20:18 on Fri 26 Aug.

    2039-08-25T14:13:18Z → 2039-08-26T12:17:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 27221 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2039: Friday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2039 falls on Friday 26 August. Saptamī runs from 22:13 on Thu 25 Aug to 20:18 on Fri 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2039/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:13 → 05:1812:3148 min12:310 min25 Aug
Chicago09:13 → 07:1812:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City10:13 → 08:1812:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain10:13 → 08:1811:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London15:13 → 13:1812:380 min12:3840 min26 Aug
Durban16:13 → 14:1811:340 min11:3448 min26 Aug
Dubai18:13 → 16:1811:570 min11:5748 min26 Aug
Delhi19:43 → 17:4811:590 min11:5948 min26 Aug
Kolkata19:43 → 17:4811:150 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore22:13 → 20:1812:430 min12:4348 min26 Aug
Sydney00:13 → 22:1811:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva02:13 → 00:1811:450 min11:4448 min26 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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