Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2072

Friday 16 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 201 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 16 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 17 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

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 05:49 on Fri 16 Dec to 08:29 on Sat 17 Dec.

    2072-12-15T21:49:12Z → 2072-12-17T00:29:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 16th, 11:51–12:39 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 12080 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2072: Friday 16 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2072 falls on Friday 16 December. Saptamī runs from 05:49 on Fri 16 Dec to 08:29 on Sat 17 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:49 → 16:2911:250 min11:260 min16 Dec
Chicago15:49 → 18:2911:220 min11:230 min16 Dec
Jersey City16:49 → 19:2911:280 min11:290 min16 Dec
Port of Spain17:49 → 20:2911:380 min11:390 min16 Dec
London21:49 → 00:2911:320 min11:330 min16 Dec
Durban23:49 → 02:2911:270 min11:280 min16 Dec
Dubai01:49 → 04:2911:500 min11:510 min16 Dec
Delhi03:19 → 05:5911:530 min11:540 min16 Dec
Kolkata03:19 → 05:5911:080 min11:090 min16 Dec
Singapore05:49 → 08:2912:360 min12:370 min16 Dec
Sydney08:49 → 11:2912:270 min12:280 min16 Dec
Suva09:49 → 12:2911:380 min11:3948 min16 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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