Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1943

Friday 3 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 98 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 3 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:44  13:32 madhyāhna ends
11:5612:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 4 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:44  13:32 madhyāhna ends
11:5612:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:20

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 11:06 on Fri 3 Dec to 09:02 on Sat 4 Dec.

    1943-12-03T02:05:45Z → 1943-12-04T00:01:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:44–13:32 on the 3rd, 12:44–13:32 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 0 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 5866 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1943: Friday 3 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1943 falls on Friday 3 December. Saptamī runs from 11:06 on Fri 3 Dec to 09:02 on Sat 4 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:06 → 17:0212:1948 min12:190 min3 Dec
Chicago21:06 → 19:0212:1648 min12:170 min3 Dec
Jersey City22:06 → 20:0212:2248 min12:220 min3 Dec
Port of Spain23:06 → 21:0212:3248 min12:320 min3 Dec
London03:06 → 01:0212:2648 min12:260 min3 Dec
Durban05:06 → 03:0212:2248 min12:220 min3 Dec
Dubai06:06 → 04:0211:4448 min11:450 min3 Dec
Delhi08:36 → 06:3212:4748 min12:470 min3 Dec
Kolkata08:36 → 06:3212:0248 min12:020 min3 Dec
Singapore11:06 → 09:0213:3048 min13:300 min3 Dec
Sydney13:06 → 11:0212:213 min12:210 min3 Dec
Suva14:06 → 12:0211:320 min11:3229 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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