Midday of Tuesday 5 December
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1978
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 531 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 5 December
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 6 December
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 23:22 on Tue 5 Dec to 21:24 on Wed 6 Dec.
1978-12-05T15:22:27Z → 1978-12-06T13:23:30Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 5th, 11:45–12:33 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.
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 31837 s
Ruling
Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1978: Wednesday 6 December.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1978 falls on Wednesday 6 December. Saptamī runs from 23:22 on Tue 5 Dec to 21:24 on Wed 6 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 6 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 6 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 6 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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:22 → 05:24 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 5 Dec |
| Chicago | 09:22 → 07:24 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 5 Dec |
| Jersey City | 10:22 → 08:24 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 5 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 11:22 → 09:24 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 5 Dec |
| London | 15:22 → 13:24 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Durban | 17:22 → 15:24 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Dubai | 19:22 → 17:24 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Delhi | 20:52 → 18:54 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Kolkata | 20:52 → 18:54 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Singapore | 22:52 → 20:54 | 12:01 | 0 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Sydney | 02:22 → 00:24 | 12:22 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Suva | 03:22 → 01:24 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 6 Dec |