Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2019

Tuesday 3 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 600 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 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

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 23:30 on Mon 2 Dec to 01:44 on Wed 4 Dec.

    2019-12-02T15:29:36Z → 2019-12-03T17:44:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd, 11:44–12:32 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 35986 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2019: Tuesday 3 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2019 falls on Tuesday 3 December. Saptamī runs from 23:30 on Mon 2 Dec to 01:44 on Wed 4 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles07:30 → 09:4411:1848 min11:190 min2 Dec
Chicago09:30 → 11:4411:1648 min11:1628 min2 Dec
Jersey City10:30 → 12:4411:2248 min11:2248 min2 Dec
Port of Spain11:30 → 13:4411:3148 min11:3248 min2 Dec
London15:30 → 17:4411:260 min11:2648 min3 Dec
Durban17:30 → 19:4411:210 min11:2248 min3 Dec
Dubai19:30 → 21:4411:440 min11:4448 min3 Dec
Delhi21:00 → 23:1411:460 min11:4748 min3 Dec
Kolkata21:00 → 23:1411:020 min11:0248 min3 Dec
Singapore23:30 → 01:4412:300 min12:3048 min3 Dec
Sydney02:30 → 04:4412:200 min12:2148 min3 Dec
Suva04:30 → 06:4412:310 min12:3248 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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