Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2068

Saturday 1 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 468 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 1 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 Sunday 2 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 03:56 on Sat 1 Dec to 02:18 on Sun 2 Dec.

    2068-11-30T19:55:48Z → 2068-12-01T18:17:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 28051 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2068: Saturday 1 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2068 falls on Saturday 1 December. Saptamī runs from 03:56 on Sat 1 Dec to 02:18 on Sun 2 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:56 → 10:1811:1810 min11:180 min30 Nov
Chicago13:56 → 12:1811:160 min11:1648 min1 Dec
Jersey City14:56 → 13:1811:210 min11:2248 min1 Dec
Port of Spain15:56 → 14:1811:310 min11:3248 min1 Dec
London19:56 → 18:1811:250 min11:2648 min1 Dec
Durban21:56 → 20:1811:210 min11:2148 min1 Dec
Dubai23:56 → 22:1811:440 min11:4448 min1 Dec
Delhi01:26 → 23:4811:460 min11:4648 min1 Dec
Kolkata01:26 → 23:4811:010 min11:0248 min1 Dec
Singapore03:56 → 02:1812:300 min12:3048 min1 Dec
Sydney06:56 → 05:1812:200 min12:2148 min1 Dec
Suva07:56 → 06:1811:310 min11:3248 min1 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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