Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2028

Thursday 23 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 289 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Wednesday 22 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 Thursday 23 November

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

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 17:17 on Wed 22 Nov to 19:08 on Thu 23 Nov.

    2028-11-22T09:16:58Z → 2028-11-23T11:08:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd, 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 17328 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2028: Thursday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2028 falls on Thursday 23 November. Saptamī runs from 17:17 on Wed 22 Nov to 19:08 on Thu 23 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:17 → 03:0811:1548 min11:150 min22 Nov
Chicago03:17 → 05:0811:1348 min11:130 min22 Nov
Jersey City04:17 → 06:0811:1848 min11:190 min22 Nov
Port of Spain05:17 → 07:0811:2848 min11:290 min22 Nov
London09:17 → 11:0811:2348 min11:230 min22 Nov
Durban11:17 → 13:0811:1848 min11:1948 min22 Nov
Dubai13:17 → 15:0811:410 min11:4148 min23 Nov
Delhi14:47 → 16:3811:430 min11:4348 min23 Nov
Kolkata14:47 → 16:3810:590 min10:5948 min23 Nov
Singapore17:17 → 19:0812:270 min12:2748 min23 Nov
Sydney20:17 → 22:0812:180 min12:1848 min23 Nov
Suva21:17 → 23:0811:290 min11:2948 min23 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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