Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2032

Thursday 9 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 216 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 8 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 Thursday 9 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

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 18:16 on Wed 8 Dec to 16:10 on Thu 9 Dec.

    2032-12-08T10:16:19Z → 2032-12-09T08:10:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 8th, 11:46–12:34 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 12933 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2032: Thursday 9 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2032 falls on Thursday 9 December. Saptamī runs from 18:16 on Wed 8 Dec to 16:10 on Thu 9 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:16 → 00:1011:2148 min11:220 min8 Dec
Chicago04:16 → 02:1011:1948 min11:190 min8 Dec
Jersey City05:16 → 03:1011:2448 min11:250 min8 Dec
Port of Spain06:16 → 04:1011:3448 min11:350 min8 Dec
London10:16 → 08:1011:2848 min11:290 min8 Dec
Durban12:16 → 10:1011:240 min11:240 min9 Dec
Dubai14:16 → 12:1011:470 min11:4723 min9 Dec
Delhi15:46 → 13:4011:490 min11:4948 min9 Dec
Kolkata15:46 → 13:4011:040 min11:0548 min9 Dec
Singapore18:16 → 16:1012:330 min12:3348 min9 Dec
Sydney21:16 → 19:1012:230 min12:2448 min9 Dec
Suva22:16 → 20:1011:340 min11:3548 min9 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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