Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1956

Sunday 9 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 299 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 9 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 10 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 04:25 on Sun 9 Dec to 06:48 on Mon 10 Dec.

    1956-12-08T20:25:28Z → 1956-12-09T22:47:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 9th, 11:47–12:35 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 17932 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1956: Sunday 9 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1956 falls on Sunday 9 December. Saptamī runs from 04:25 on Sun 9 Dec to 06:48 on Mon 10 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:25 → 14:4811:210 min11:2248 min9 Dec
Chicago14:25 → 16:4811:190 min11:1948 min9 Dec
Jersey City15:25 → 17:4811:240 min11:2548 min9 Dec
Port of Spain16:25 → 18:4811:340 min11:3548 min9 Dec
London20:25 → 22:4811:280 min11:2948 min9 Dec
Durban22:25 → 00:4811:240 min11:2448 min9 Dec
Dubai00:25 → 02:4811:470 min11:4748 min9 Dec
Delhi01:55 → 04:1811:490 min11:4948 min9 Dec
Kolkata01:55 → 04:1811:040 min11:0548 min9 Dec
Singapore03:55 → 06:1812:020 min12:0348 min9 Dec
Sydney06:25 → 08:4811:230 min11:2448 min9 Dec
Suva08:25 → 10:4811:340 min11:3548 min9 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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