Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1902

Sunday 7 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 589 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 Sunday 7 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 8 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 00:27 on Sun 7 Dec to 01:57 on Mon 8 Dec.

    1902-12-06T16:27:24Z → 1902-12-07T17:56:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 7th, 11:46–12:34 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 35340 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1902: Sunday 7 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1902 falls on Sunday 7 December. Saptamī runs from 00:27 on Sun 7 Dec to 01:57 on Mon 8 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 Dec
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/mitra-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 7 Mitra saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:27 → 09:5711:2048 min11:200 min6 Dec
Chicago10:27 → 11:5711:1748 min11:1839 min6 Dec
Jersey City11:27 → 12:5711:2344 min11:2448 min6 Dec
Port of Spain12:27 → 13:5711:330 min11:3348 min7 Dec
London16:27 → 17:5711:270 min11:2848 min7 Dec
Durban17:57 → 19:2710:530 min10:5348 min7 Dec
Dubai20:08 → 21:3811:260 min11:2748 min7 Dec
Delhi21:48 → 23:1811:390 min11:3948 min7 Dec
Kolkata21:48 → 23:1810:540 min10:5548 min7 Dec
Singapore23:22 → 00:5211:260 min11:2748 min7 Dec
Sydney02:27 → 03:5711:220 min11:2248 min7 Dec
Suva04:22 → 05:5211:280 min11:2848 min7 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mitra-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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