Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2026

Thursday 17 September

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 17 September

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 18 September

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 13:01:34
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 10:48 on Thu 17 Sep to 13:02 on Fri 18 Sep.

    2026-09-17T05:18:23Z → 2026-09-18T07:31:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 17th, 11:57–12:45 on the 18th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 998 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Ujjain, 2026: Thursday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2026 falls on Thursday 17 September. Saptamī runs from 10:48 on Thu 17 Sep to 13:02 on Fri 18 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:18 → 00:3212:2348 min12:230 min17 Sep
Chicago00:18 → 02:3212:2148 min12:200 min17 Sep
Jersey City01:18 → 03:3212:2648 min12:260 min17 Sep
Port of Spain01:18 → 03:3211:3648 min11:360 min17 Sep
London06:18 → 08:3212:3048 min12:300 min17 Sep
Durban07:18 → 09:3211:2748 min11:260 min17 Sep
Dubai09:18 → 11:3211:4948 min11:490 min17 Sep
Delhi10:48 → 13:0211:5148 min11:5148 min17 Sep
Kolkata10:48 → 13:0211:0748 min11:0748 min17 Sep
Singapore13:18 → 15:3212:355 min12:3548 min17 Sep
Sydney15:18 → 17:3211:260 min11:2648 min18 Sep
Suva17:18 → 19:3211:370 min11:3748 min18 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