Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1919

Saturday 29 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 Saturday 29 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 12:15:10
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

15 of 48 minutes covered, the last 15

Midday of Sunday 30 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 12:46:47
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 12:15 on Sat 29 Nov to 12:47 on Sun 30 Nov.

    1919-11-29T04:15:10Z → 1919-11-30T04:46:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 29th, 11:42–12:30 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 15 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 891 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1919: Saturday 29 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1919 falls on Saturday 29 November. Saptamī runs from 12:15 on Sat 29 Nov to 12:47 on Sun 30 Nov and covers 15 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 Nov
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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:15 → 20:4711:1748 min11:170 min29 Nov
Chicago22:15 → 22:4711:1548 min11:150 min29 Nov
Jersey City23:15 → 23:4711:2048 min11:210 min29 Nov
Port of Spain00:15 → 00:4711:3048 min11:310 min29 Nov
London04:15 → 04:4711:2448 min11:250 min29 Nov
Durban06:15 → 06:4711:2048 min11:200 min29 Nov
Dubai07:56 → 08:2811:2448 min11:240 min29 Nov
Delhi09:45 → 10:1711:4548 min11:450 min29 Nov
Kolkata09:45 → 10:1711:0048 min11:010 min29 Nov
Singapore11:15 → 11:4711:2948 min11:2918 min29 Nov
Sydney14:15 → 14:4711:190 min11:2048 min30 Nov
Suva16:15 → 16:4711:300 min11:3148 min30 Nov
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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