Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1934

Wednesday 12 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 120 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 Wednesday 12 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 13 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 09:48 on Wed 12 Dec to 07:45 on Thu 13 Dec.

    1934-12-12T01:47:59Z → 1934-12-12T23:45:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 12th, 11:48–12:36 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 7171 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1934: Wednesday 12 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1934 falls on Wednesday 12 December. Saptamī runs from 09:48 on Wed 12 Dec to 07:45 on Thu 13 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:48 → 15:4511:2348 min11:230 min12 Dec
Chicago19:48 → 17:4511:2048 min11:210 min12 Dec
Jersey City20:48 → 18:4511:2648 min11:260 min12 Dec
Port of Spain21:48 → 19:4511:3648 min11:360 min12 Dec
London01:48 → 23:4511:3048 min11:300 min12 Dec
Durban03:48 → 01:4511:2548 min11:260 min12 Dec
Dubai05:48 → 03:4511:4848 min11:490 min12 Dec
Delhi07:18 → 05:1511:5148 min11:510 min12 Dec
Kolkata07:18 → 05:1511:0648 min11:060 min12 Dec
Singapore09:08 → 07:0511:5448 min11:550 min12 Dec
Sydney11:48 → 09:4511:2525 min11:250 min12 Dec
Suva13:48 → 11:4511:360 min11:369 min13 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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