Midday of Thursday 4 December
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2008
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 190 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 4 December
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 5 December
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 15:43 on Thu 4 Dec to 17:03 on Fri 5 Dec.
2008-12-04T07:42:39Z → 2008-12-05T09:02:41Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 4th, 11:45–12:33 on the 5th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.
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 11422 s
Ruling
Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2008: Friday 5 December.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2008 falls on Friday 5 December. Saptamī runs from 15:43 on Thu 4 Dec to 17:03 on Fri 5 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 5 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 5 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 5 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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:43 → 01:03 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 4 Dec |
| Chicago | 01:43 → 03:03 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 4 Dec |
| Jersey City | 02:43 → 04:03 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 4 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 03:43 → 05:03 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 4 Dec |
| London | 07:43 → 09:03 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 4 Dec |
| Durban | 09:43 → 11:03 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 4 Dec |
| Dubai | 11:43 → 13:03 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 4 Dec |
| Delhi | 13:13 → 14:33 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Kolkata | 13:13 → 14:33 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Singapore | 15:43 → 17:03 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Sydney | 18:43 → 20:03 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Suva | 19:43 → 21:03 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 5 Dec |