Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2000

Sunday 3 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 480 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 2 December

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

Midday of Sunday 3 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

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 20:31 on Sat 2 Dec to 22:55 on Sun 3 Dec.

    2000-12-02T12:31:18Z → 2000-12-03T14:54:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd, 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 28790 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2000: Sunday 3 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2000 falls on Sunday 3 December. Saptamī runs from 20:31 on Sat 2 Dec to 22:55 on Sun 3 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 Dec
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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:31 → 06:5511:1948 min11:190 min2 Dec
Chicago06:31 → 08:5511:1648 min11:170 min2 Dec
Jersey City07:31 → 09:5511:2248 min11:220 min2 Dec
Port of Spain08:31 → 10:5511:3248 min11:320 min2 Dec
London12:31 → 14:5511:260 min11:2648 min3 Dec
Durban14:31 → 16:5511:220 min11:2248 min3 Dec
Dubai16:31 → 18:5511:440 min11:4548 min3 Dec
Delhi18:01 → 20:2511:460 min11:4748 min3 Dec
Kolkata18:01 → 20:2511:020 min11:0248 min3 Dec
Singapore20:31 → 22:5512:300 min12:3048 min3 Dec
Sydney23:31 → 01:5512:210 min12:2148 min3 Dec
Suva00:31 → 02:5511:320 min11:3248 min3 Dec
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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