Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1998

Thursday 26 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 494 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 Wednesday 25 November

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 26 November

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 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 20:56 on Wed 25 Nov to 20:44 on Thu 26 Nov.

    1998-11-25T12:56:10Z → 1998-11-26T12:43:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 25th, 11:41–12:29 on the 26th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 29661 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 1998: Thursday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 1998 falls on Thursday 26 November. Saptamī runs from 20:56 on Wed 25 Nov to 20:44 on Thu 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:56 → 04:4411:1648 min11:160 min25 Nov
Chicago06:56 → 06:4411:1348 min11:140 min25 Nov
Jersey City07:56 → 07:4411:1948 min11:190 min25 Nov
Port of Spain08:56 → 08:4411:2948 min11:290 min25 Nov
London12:56 → 12:4411:230 min11:2448 min26 Nov
Durban14:56 → 14:4411:190 min11:1948 min26 Nov
Dubai16:56 → 16:4411:420 min11:4248 min26 Nov
Delhi18:26 → 18:1411:440 min11:4448 min26 Nov
Kolkata18:26 → 18:1410:590 min11:0048 min26 Nov
Singapore20:56 → 20:4412:270 min12:2848 min26 Nov
Sydney23:56 → 23:4412:180 min12:1848 min26 Nov
Suva01:56 → 01:4412:290 min12:2948 min26 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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