Midday of Thursday 7 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 12:31:14
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1967
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 57 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 7 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Midday of Friday 8 December
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 12:31 on Thu 7 Dec to 13:16 on Fri 8 Dec.
1967-12-07T04:31:14Z → 1967-12-08T05:16:12Z
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′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 117 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1967: Thursday 7 December.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1967 falls on Thursday 7 December. Saptamī runs from 12:31 on Thu 7 Dec to 13:16 on Fri 8 Dec and covers 2 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 1 min 57 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 7 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 7 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 7 Dec |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mitra-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Mitra saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:31 → 21:16 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Chicago | 22:31 → 23:16 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Jersey City | 23:31 → 00:16 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 00:31 → 01:16 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| London | 04:31 → 05:16 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Durban | 06:31 → 07:16 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Dubai | 08:31 → 09:16 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Delhi | 10:01 → 10:46 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:49 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Kolkata | 10:01 → 10:46 | 11:04 | 48 min | 11:04 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Singapore | 12:01 → 12:46 | 12:02 | 48 min | 12:02 | 44 min | 7 Dec |
| Sydney | 14:31 → 15:16 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 8 Dec |
| Suva | 16:31 → 17:16 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 8 Dec |