Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2062

Friday 8 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 445 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 7 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 Friday 8 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 19:59 on Thu 7 Dec to 22:26 on Fri 8 Dec.

    2062-12-07T11:58:43Z → 2062-12-08T14:25:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 7th, 11:46–12:34 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 26712 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2062: Friday 8 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2062 falls on Friday 8 December. Saptamī runs from 19:59 on Thu 7 Dec to 22:26 on Fri 8 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2062/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:59 → 06:2611:2148 min11:210 min7 Dec
Chicago05:59 → 08:2611:1848 min11:190 min7 Dec
Jersey City06:59 → 09:2611:2448 min11:240 min7 Dec
Port of Spain07:59 → 10:2611:3448 min11:340 min7 Dec
London11:59 → 14:2611:2817 min11:2848 min7 Dec
Durban13:59 → 16:2611:240 min11:2448 min8 Dec
Dubai15:59 → 18:2611:460 min11:4748 min8 Dec
Delhi17:29 → 19:5611:490 min11:4948 min8 Dec
Kolkata17:29 → 19:5611:040 min11:0448 min8 Dec
Singapore19:59 → 22:2612:320 min12:3348 min8 Dec
Sydney22:59 → 01:2612:230 min12:2348 min8 Dec
Suva23:59 → 02:2611:340 min11:3448 min8 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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