Midday of Thursday 3 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 11:47:07
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1981
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 22 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 3 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Midday of Friday 4 December
Qualifies with 38 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
38 of 48 minutes covered, the first 38
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 11:47 on Thu 3 Dec to 12:22 on Fri 4 Dec.
1981-12-03T03:47:07Z → 1981-12-04T04:22:08Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd, 11:44–12:32 on the 4th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 38 of 48 on the 4th.
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 202 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1981: Thursday 3 December.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1981 falls on Thursday 3 December. Saptamī runs from 11:47 on Thu 3 Dec to 12:22 on Fri 4 Dec and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 38 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 3 min 22 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 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 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:47 → 20:22 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Chicago | 21:47 → 22:22 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Jersey City | 22:47 → 23:22 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 23:47 → 00:22 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| London | 03:47 → 04:22 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Durban | 05:47 → 06:22 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Dubai | 07:47 → 08:22 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Delhi | 09:17 → 09:52 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Kolkata | 09:17 → 09:52 | 11:02 | 48 min | 11:03 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Singapore | 11:17 → 11:52 | 12:00 | 48 min | 12:01 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Sydney | 14:47 → 15:22 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 4 Dec |
| Suva | 15:47 → 16:22 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 4 Dec |