Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2091

Wednesday 19 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 505 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 Tuesday 18 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 19 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 23:04 on Tue 18 Sep to 21:01 on Wed 19 Sep.

    2091-09-18T15:03:33Z → 2091-09-19T13:00:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 18th, 11:48–12:36 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 30289 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Baoding, 2091: Wednesday 19 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2091 falls on Wednesday 19 September. Saptamī runs from 23:04 on Tue 18 Sep to 21:01 on Wed 19 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2091/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:04 → 06:0112:2348 min12:230 min18 Sep
Chicago10:04 → 08:0112:2148 min12:200 min18 Sep
Jersey City11:04 → 09:0112:2648 min12:260 min18 Sep
Port of Spain11:04 → 09:0111:3648 min11:360 min18 Sep
London16:04 → 14:0112:300 min12:3048 min19 Sep
Durban17:04 → 15:0111:270 min11:2648 min19 Sep
Dubai19:04 → 17:0111:490 min11:4948 min19 Sep
Delhi20:34 → 18:3111:510 min11:5148 min19 Sep
Kolkata20:34 → 18:3111:070 min11:0748 min19 Sep
Singapore23:04 → 21:0112:350 min12:3548 min19 Sep
Sydney01:04 → 23:0111:260 min11:2648 min19 Sep
Suva03:04 → 01:0111:370 min11:3748 min19 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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