Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2014

Friday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 146 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 Friday 28 November

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 29 November

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

0 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 09:16 on Fri 28 Nov to 07:08 on Sat 29 Nov.

    2014-11-28T01:16:16Z → 2014-11-28T23:08:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:42–12:30 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 8735 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2014: Friday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2014 falls on Friday 28 November. Saptamī runs from 09:16 on Fri 28 Nov to 07:08 on Sat 29 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:16 → 15:0811:1748 min11:170 min28 Nov
Chicago19:16 → 17:0811:1448 min11:150 min28 Nov
Jersey City20:16 → 18:0811:2048 min11:210 min28 Nov
Port of Spain21:16 → 19:0811:3048 min11:300 min28 Nov
London01:16 → 23:0811:2448 min11:250 min28 Nov
Durban03:16 → 01:0811:2048 min11:200 min28 Nov
Dubai05:16 → 03:0811:4348 min11:430 min28 Nov
Delhi06:46 → 04:3811:4548 min11:450 min28 Nov
Kolkata06:46 → 04:3811:0048 min11:010 min28 Nov
Singapore09:16 → 07:0812:2848 min12:290 min28 Nov
Sydney12:16 → 10:0812:1948 min12:190 min28 Nov
Suva14:16 → 12:0812:300 min12:300 min29 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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