Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2024

Sunday 8 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 7 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 8 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 12:14:57
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

29 of 48 minutes covered, the first 29

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 13:37 on Sat 7 Dec to 12:15 on Sun 8 Dec.

    2024-12-07T05:36:36Z → 2024-12-08T04:14:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 7th, 11:46–12:34 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 29 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 1144 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2024: Sunday 8 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2024 falls on Sunday 8 December. Saptamī runs from 13:37 on Sat 7 Dec to 12:15 on Sun 8 Dec and covers 29 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:37 → 20:1511:2148 min11:210 min7 Dec
Chicago23:37 → 22:1511:1848 min11:190 min7 Dec
Jersey City00:37 → 23:1511:2448 min11:240 min7 Dec
Port of Spain01:37 → 00:1511:3448 min11:340 min7 Dec
London05:37 → 04:1511:2848 min11:280 min7 Dec
Durban07:37 → 06:1511:2448 min11:240 min7 Dec
Dubai09:37 → 08:1511:4648 min11:470 min7 Dec
Delhi11:07 → 09:4511:4948 min11:490 min7 Dec
Kolkata11:07 → 09:4511:0445 min11:040 min7 Dec
Singapore13:37 → 12:1512:320 min12:330 min8 Dec
Sydney16:37 → 15:1512:230 min12:2348 min8 Dec
Suva17:37 → 16:1511:340 min11:3448 min8 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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