Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1905

Sunday 3 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 2 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 13:06:28
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 3 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

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 13:06 on Sat 2 Dec to 13:56 on Sun 3 Dec.

    1905-12-02T05:06:29Z → 1905-12-03T05:55:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd, 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 2112 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1905: Sunday 3 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1905 falls on Sunday 3 December. Saptamī runs from 13:06 on Sat 2 Dec to 13:56 on Sun 3 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1905/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:06 → 21:5611:1848 min11:190 min2 Dec
Chicago23:06 → 23:5611:1648 min11:160 min2 Dec
Jersey City00:06 → 00:5611:2248 min11:220 min2 Dec
Port of Spain01:06 → 01:5611:3148 min11:320 min2 Dec
London05:06 → 05:5611:2648 min11:260 min2 Dec
Durban07:06 → 07:5611:2148 min11:220 min2 Dec
Dubai08:47 → 09:3711:2548 min11:250 min2 Dec
Delhi10:27 → 11:1711:3748 min11:380 min2 Dec
Kolkata10:27 → 11:1710:5348 min10:5323 min2 Dec
Singapore12:06 → 12:5611:3011 min11:3048 min2 Dec
Sydney15:06 → 15:5611:210 min11:2148 min3 Dec
Suva17:01 → 17:5111:270 min11:2748 min3 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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