Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2038

Thursday 2 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 201 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 Thursday 2 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 3 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 08:10 on Thu 2 Dec to 08:23 on Fri 3 Dec.

    2038-12-02T00:10:17Z → 2038-12-03T00:22:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd, 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 12058 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2038: Thursday 2 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2038 falls on Thursday 2 December. Saptamī runs from 08:10 on Thu 2 Dec to 08:23 on Fri 3 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 Angeles16:10 → 16:2311:1848 min11:190 min2 Dec
Chicago18:10 → 18:2311:1648 min11:160 min2 Dec
Jersey City19:10 → 19:2311:2248 min11:220 min2 Dec
Port of Spain20:10 → 20:2311:3248 min11:320 min2 Dec
London00:10 → 00:2311:2648 min11:260 min2 Dec
Durban02:10 → 02:2311:2148 min11:220 min2 Dec
Dubai04:10 → 04:2311:4448 min11:440 min2 Dec
Delhi05:40 → 05:5311:4648 min11:470 min2 Dec
Kolkata05:40 → 05:5311:0248 min11:020 min2 Dec
Singapore08:10 → 08:2312:3048 min12:300 min2 Dec
Sydney11:10 → 11:2312:2148 min12:210 min2 Dec
Suva12:10 → 12:2311:329 min11:3248 min2 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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