Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1940

Thursday 5 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 45 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 Thursday 5 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 Friday 6 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 10:59:50
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

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 09:29 on Thu 5 Dec to 11:00 on Fri 6 Dec.

    1940-12-05T01:28:54Z → 1940-12-06T02:59:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 5th, 11:45–12:33 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 2713 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1940: Thursday 5 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1940 falls on Thursday 5 December. Saptamī runs from 09:29 on Thu 5 Dec to 11:00 on Fri 6 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1940/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:29 → 19:0011:2048 min11:200 min5 Dec
Chicago19:29 → 21:0011:1748 min11:180 min5 Dec
Jersey City20:29 → 22:0011:2348 min11:230 min5 Dec
Port of Spain21:29 → 23:0011:3348 min11:330 min5 Dec
London02:29 → 04:0012:2748 min12:270 min5 Dec
Durban03:29 → 05:0011:2348 min11:230 min5 Dec
Dubai05:29 → 07:0011:4548 min11:460 min5 Dec
Delhi06:59 → 08:3011:4848 min11:480 min5 Dec
Kolkata06:59 → 08:3011:0348 min11:040 min5 Dec
Singapore08:49 → 10:2011:5148 min11:520 min5 Dec
Sydney11:29 → 13:0011:2241 min11:2248 min5 Dec
Suva13:29 → 15:0011:330 min11:3348 min6 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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