Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1984

Thursday 29 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 522 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 Thursday 29 November

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 30 November

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 01:28 on Thu 29 Nov to 03:01 on Fri 30 Nov.

    1984-11-28T17:27:36Z → 1984-11-29T19:00:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 29th, 11:43–12:31 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 31316 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1984: Thursday 29 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1984 falls on Thursday 29 November. Saptamī runs from 01:28 on Thu 29 Nov to 03:01 on Fri 30 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 Nov
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:28 → 11:0111:1748 min11:170 min28 Nov
Chicago11:28 → 13:0111:1535 min11:1548 min28 Nov
Jersey City12:28 → 14:0111:200 min11:2148 min29 Nov
Port of Spain13:28 → 15:0111:300 min11:3148 min29 Nov
London17:28 → 19:0111:240 min11:2548 min29 Nov
Durban19:28 → 21:0111:200 min11:2048 min29 Nov
Dubai21:28 → 23:0111:430 min11:4348 min29 Nov
Delhi22:58 → 00:3111:450 min11:4548 min29 Nov
Kolkata22:58 → 00:3111:000 min11:0148 min29 Nov
Singapore01:28 → 03:0112:290 min12:2948 min29 Nov
Sydney04:28 → 06:0112:190 min12:2048 min29 Nov
Suva05:28 → 07:0111:300 min11:3148 min29 Nov
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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