Midday of Saturday 6 December
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1997
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 417 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 6 December
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 7 December
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 04:48 on Sat 6 Dec to 03:05 on Sun 7 Dec.
1997-12-05T20:48:27Z → 1997-12-06T19:04:54Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 6th, 11:45–12:33 on the 7th.
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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.
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 24993 s
Ruling
Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1997: Saturday 6 December.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1997 falls on Saturday 6 December. Saptamī runs from 04:48 on Sat 6 Dec to 03:05 on Sun 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 6 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 6 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 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 | 12:48 → 11:05 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Chicago | 14:48 → 13:05 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Jersey City | 15:48 → 14:05 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 16:48 → 15:05 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| London | 20:48 → 19:05 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Durban | 22:48 → 21:05 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Dubai | 00:48 → 23:05 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Delhi | 02:18 → 00:35 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Kolkata | 02:18 → 00:35 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Singapore | 04:48 → 03:05 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:32 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Sydney | 07:48 → 06:05 | 12:22 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Suva | 08:48 → 07:05 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 6 Dec |