Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1932

Sunday 4 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 289 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 3 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 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 17:20 on Sat 3 Dec to 17:24 on Sun 4 Dec.

    1932-12-03T09:20:29Z → 1932-12-04T09:24:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd, 11:44–12:32 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 17320 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1932: Sunday 4 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1932 falls on Sunday 4 December. Saptamī runs from 17:20 on Sat 3 Dec to 17:24 on Sun 4 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1932/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:20 → 01:2411:1948 min11:190 min3 Dec
Chicago03:20 → 03:2411:1648 min11:170 min3 Dec
Jersey City04:20 → 04:2411:2248 min11:230 min3 Dec
Port of Spain05:20 → 05:2411:3248 min11:320 min3 Dec
London09:20 → 09:2411:2648 min11:270 min3 Dec
Durban11:20 → 11:2411:2248 min11:222 min3 Dec
Dubai13:20 → 13:2411:450 min11:4548 min4 Dec
Delhi14:50 → 14:5411:470 min11:4748 min4 Dec
Kolkata14:50 → 14:5411:020 min11:0348 min4 Dec
Singapore16:20 → 16:2411:300 min11:3148 min4 Dec
Sydney19:20 → 19:2411:210 min11:2148 min4 Dec
Suva21:20 → 21:2411:320 min11:3248 min4 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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