Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1948

Tuesday 7 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 187 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 Tuesday 7 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 Wednesday 8 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 06:11 on Tue 7 Dec to 08:39 on Wed 8 Dec.

    1948-12-06T22:11:12Z → 1948-12-08T00:38:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 7th, 11:46–12:34 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 11216 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1948: Tuesday 7 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1948 falls on Tuesday 7 December. Saptamī runs from 06:11 on Tue 7 Dec to 08:39 on Wed 8 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:11 → 17:3912:200 min12:210 min7 Dec
Chicago16:11 → 18:3911:180 min11:190 min7 Dec
Jersey City17:11 → 19:3911:230 min11:240 min7 Dec
Port of Spain18:11 → 20:3911:330 min11:340 min7 Dec
London22:11 → 00:3911:280 min11:280 min7 Dec
Durban00:11 → 02:3911:230 min11:240 min7 Dec
Dubai02:11 → 04:3911:460 min11:470 min7 Dec
Delhi03:41 → 06:0911:480 min11:490 min7 Dec
Kolkata03:41 → 06:0911:040 min11:040 min7 Dec
Singapore05:41 → 08:0912:020 min12:020 min7 Dec
Sydney08:11 → 10:3911:220 min11:230 min7 Dec
Suva10:11 → 12:3911:330 min11:3448 min7 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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