Midday of Monday 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 · 1996
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 208 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 16 December
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 17 December
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 08:22 on Mon 16 Dec to 06:22 on Tue 17 Dec.
1996-12-16T00:21:36Z → 1996-12-16T22:21:38Z
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 12489 s
Ruling
Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1996: Monday 16 December.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1996 falls on Monday 16 December. Saptamī runs from 08:22 on Mon 16 Dec to 06:22 on Tue 17 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 16 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 16 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:22 → 14:22 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Chicago | 18:22 → 16:22 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Jersey City | 19:22 → 17:22 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 20:22 → 18:22 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| London | 00:22 → 22:22 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Durban | 02:22 → 00:22 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Dubai | 04:22 → 02:22 | 11:50 | 48 min | 11:51 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Delhi | 05:52 → 03:52 | 11:53 | 48 min | 11:53 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Kolkata | 05:52 → 03:52 | 11:08 | 48 min | 11:09 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Singapore | 08:22 → 06:22 | 12:36 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Sydney | 11:22 → 09:22 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 16 Dec |
| Suva | 12:22 → 10:22 | 11:38 | 4 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 16 Dec |