Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2084

Monday 4 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 Sunday 3 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 12:47:19
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 4 December

Taken. Saptamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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 12:47 on Sun 3 Dec to 10:49 on Mon 4 Dec.

    2084-12-03T04:47:19Z → 2084-12-04T02:48:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd, 11:45–12:33 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 905 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2084: Monday 4 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2084 falls on Monday 4 December. Saptamī runs from 12:47 on Sun 3 Dec to 10:49 on Mon 4 Dec, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2084/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 Angeles20:47 → 18:4911:1948 min11:200 min3 Dec
Chicago22:47 → 20:4911:1748 min11:170 min3 Dec
Jersey City23:47 → 21:4911:2348 min11:230 min3 Dec
Port of Spain00:47 → 22:4911:3248 min11:330 min3 Dec
London04:47 → 02:4911:2748 min11:270 min3 Dec
Durban06:47 → 04:4911:2248 min11:230 min3 Dec
Dubai08:47 → 06:4911:4548 min11:450 min3 Dec
Delhi10:17 → 08:1911:4748 min11:480 min3 Dec
Kolkata10:17 → 08:1911:0348 min11:030 min3 Dec
Singapore12:47 → 10:4912:3131 min12:310 min3 Dec
Sydney15:47 → 13:4912:210 min12:2248 min4 Dec
Suva16:47 → 14:4911:320 min11:3348 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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