Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1952

Sunday 23 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 67 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 Sunday 23 November

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 24 November

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 10:34 on Sun 23 Nov to 08:34 on Mon 24 Nov.

    1952-11-23T02:33:37Z → 1952-11-24T00:33:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd, 11:41–12:29 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 4005 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1952: Sunday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1952 falls on Sunday 23 November. Saptamī runs from 10:34 on Sun 23 Nov to 08:34 on Mon 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 Nov
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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:34 → 16:3411:1548 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago20:34 → 18:3411:1348 min11:130 min23 Nov
Jersey City21:34 → 19:3411:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain22:34 → 20:3411:2948 min11:290 min23 Nov
London02:34 → 00:3411:2348 min11:230 min23 Nov
Durban04:34 → 02:3411:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Dubai06:34 → 04:3411:4148 min11:410 min23 Nov
Delhi08:04 → 06:0411:4348 min11:440 min23 Nov
Kolkata08:04 → 06:0410:5948 min10:590 min23 Nov
Singapore10:04 → 08:0411:5748 min11:570 min23 Nov
Sydney12:34 → 10:3411:180 min11:180 min24 Nov
Suva14:34 → 12:3411:290 min11:2948 min24 Nov
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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