Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2046

Tuesday 4 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 533 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 4 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 5 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

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 01:05 on Tue 4 Dec to 02:52 on Wed 5 Dec.

    2046-12-03T17:05:17Z → 2046-12-04T18:51:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 4th, 11:45–12:33 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 31981 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2046: Tuesday 4 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2046 falls on Tuesday 4 December. Saptamī runs from 01:05 on Tue 4 Dec to 02:52 on Wed 5 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:05 → 10:5211:1948 min11:190 min3 Dec
Chicago11:05 → 12:5211:1648 min11:1748 min3 Dec
Jersey City12:05 → 13:5211:225 min11:2348 min3 Dec
Port of Spain13:05 → 14:5211:320 min11:3248 min4 Dec
London17:05 → 18:5211:260 min11:2748 min4 Dec
Durban19:05 → 20:5211:220 min11:2248 min4 Dec
Dubai21:05 → 22:5211:440 min11:4548 min4 Dec
Delhi22:35 → 00:2211:470 min11:4748 min4 Dec
Kolkata22:35 → 00:2211:020 min11:0348 min4 Dec
Singapore01:05 → 02:5212:300 min12:3148 min4 Dec
Sydney04:05 → 05:5212:210 min12:2148 min4 Dec
Suva05:05 → 06:5211:320 min11:3248 min4 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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