Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2023

Tuesday 19 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 179 minutes.

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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 Monday 18 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 19 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 17:44 on Mon 18 Dec to 15:37 on Tue 19 Dec.

    2023-12-18T09:44:28Z → 2023-12-19T07:37:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 18th, 11:51–12:39 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 10710 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2023: Tuesday 19 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2023 falls on Tuesday 19 December. Saptamī runs from 17:44 on Mon 18 Dec to 15:37 on Tue 19 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2023/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:44 → 23:3711:2648 min11:260 min18 Dec
Chicago03:44 → 01:3711:2348 min11:240 min18 Dec
Jersey City04:44 → 02:3711:2948 min11:290 min18 Dec
Port of Spain05:44 → 03:3711:3948 min11:390 min18 Dec
London09:44 → 07:3711:3348 min11:330 min18 Dec
Durban11:44 → 09:3711:2832 min11:290 min18 Dec
Dubai13:44 → 11:3711:510 min11:520 min19 Dec
Delhi15:14 → 13:0711:530 min11:5448 min19 Dec
Kolkata15:14 → 13:0711:090 min11:0948 min19 Dec
Singapore17:44 → 15:3712:370 min12:3748 min19 Dec
Sydney20:44 → 18:3712:270 min12:2848 min19 Dec
Suva21:44 → 19:3711:390 min11:3948 min19 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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