Midday of Friday 16 December
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:50 12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1977
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 263 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 16 December
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 17 December
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:27 on Fri 16 Dec to 06:41 on Sat 17 Dec.
1977-12-15T23:26:47Z → 1977-12-16T22:40:58Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 16th, 11:50–12:38 on the 17th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 15771 s
Ruling
Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1977: Friday 16 December.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1977 falls on Friday 16 December. Saptamī runs from 07:27 on Fri 16 Dec to 06:41 on Sat 17 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 16 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 16 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 16 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 15th | Covered | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:27 → 14:41 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Chicago | 17:27 → 16:41 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Jersey City | 18:27 → 17:41 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 19:27 → 18:41 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| London | 23:27 → 22:41 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Durban | 01:27 → 00:41 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Dubai | 03:27 → 02:41 | 11:50 | 0 min | 11:50 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Delhi | 04:57 → 04:11 | 11:52 | 0 min | 11:53 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Kolkata | 04:57 → 04:11 | 11:08 | 0 min | 11:08 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Singapore | 06:57 → 06:11 | 12:06 | 0 min | 12:06 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Sydney | 10:27 → 09:41 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 16 Dec |
| Suva | 11:27 → 10:41 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 16 Dec |