Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2061

Monday 19 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 393 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 18 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 19 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 19:12 on Sun 18 Dec to 19:54 on Mon 19 Dec.

    2061-12-18T11:12:08Z → 2061-12-19T11:53:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 18th, 11:51–12:39 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 23598 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2061: Monday 19 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2061 falls on Monday 19 December. Saptamī runs from 19:12 on Sun 18 Dec to 19:54 on Mon 19 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 19 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 19 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:12 → 03:5411:2648 min11:260 min18 Dec
Chicago05:12 → 05:5411:2448 min11:240 min18 Dec
Jersey City06:12 → 06:5411:2948 min11:300 min18 Dec
Port of Spain07:12 → 07:5411:3948 min11:400 min18 Dec
London11:12 → 11:5411:3348 min11:3420 min18 Dec
Durban13:12 → 13:5411:290 min11:2948 min19 Dec
Dubai15:12 → 15:5411:520 min11:5248 min19 Dec
Delhi16:42 → 17:2411:540 min11:5448 min19 Dec
Kolkata16:42 → 17:2411:090 min11:1048 min19 Dec
Singapore19:12 → 19:5412:370 min12:3848 min19 Dec
Sydney22:12 → 22:5412:280 min12:2848 min19 Dec
Suva23:12 → 23:5411:390 min11:3948 min19 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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