Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2009

Tuesday 24 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 79 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 Monday 23 November

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 24 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 13:47 on Mon 23 Nov to 16:26 on Tue 24 Nov.

    2009-11-23T05:47:26Z → 2009-11-24T08:26:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd, 11:41–12:29 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 4745 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2009: Tuesday 24 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2009 falls on Tuesday 24 November. Saptamī runs from 13:47 on Mon 23 Nov to 16:26 on Tue 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:47 → 00:2611:1548 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago23:47 → 02:2611:1348 min11:130 min23 Nov
Jersey City00:47 → 03:2611:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain01:47 → 04:2611:2948 min11:290 min23 Nov
London05:47 → 08:2611:2348 min11:230 min23 Nov
Durban07:47 → 10:2611:1848 min11:190 min23 Nov
Dubai09:47 → 12:2611:4148 min11:4145 min23 Nov
Delhi11:17 → 13:5611:4348 min11:4448 min23 Nov
Kolkata11:17 → 13:5610:5929 min10:5948 min23 Nov
Singapore13:47 → 16:2612:270 min12:2748 min24 Nov
Sydney16:47 → 19:2612:180 min12:1848 min24 Nov
Suva17:47 → 20:2611:290 min11:2948 min24 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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