Ruling · Muktābharaṇa Vrata · 2027

Monday 6 September

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 32 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 Monday 6 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 7 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 11:28:34
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 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 10:58 on Mon 6 Sep to 11:29 on Tue 7 Sep.

    2027-09-06T05:28:26Z → 2027-09-07T05:58:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 6th, 12:01–12:49 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 1940 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Muktābharaṇa Vrata, Ujjain, 2027: Monday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Muktābharaṇa Vrata 2027 falls on Monday 6 September. Saptamī runs from 10:58 on Mon 6 Sep to 11:29 on Tue 7 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2027/muktabharana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:28 → 22:5912:2748 min12:270 min6 Sep
Chicago00:28 → 00:5912:2548 min12:240 min6 Sep
Jersey City01:28 → 01:5912:3048 min12:300 min6 Sep
Port of Spain01:28 → 01:5911:4048 min11:400 min6 Sep
London06:28 → 06:5912:3448 min12:340 min6 Sep
Durban07:28 → 07:5911:3148 min11:300 min6 Sep
Dubai09:28 → 09:5911:5348 min11:530 min6 Sep
Delhi10:58 → 11:2911:5548 min11:550 min6 Sep
Kolkata10:58 → 11:2911:1148 min11:1118 min6 Sep
Singapore13:28 → 13:5912:390 min12:3948 min7 Sep
Sydney15:28 → 15:5911:300 min11:3048 min7 Sep
Suva17:28 → 17:5911:410 min11:4148 min7 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