Midday of Saturday 29 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:17 12:05 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 11:56:40
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53
8 of 48 minutes covered, the last 8
Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2003
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 18 s away. Say “contested”.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 29 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
8 of 48 minutes covered, the last 8
Midday of Sunday 30 November
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 11:57 on Sat 29 Nov to 11:17 on Sun 30 Nov.
2003-11-29T05:56:41Z → 2003-11-30T05:17:21Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 29th, 11:17–12:05 on the 30th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 8 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 18 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mitra Saptamī, Chattogram, 2003: Saturday 29 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Chattogram, Mitra Saptamī 2003 falls on Saturday 29 November. Saptamī runs from 11:57 on Sat 29 Nov to 11:17 on Sun 30 Nov and covers 8 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 0 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 0 min 18 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 29 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 29 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 29 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mitra-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Mitra saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:57 → 21:17 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:57 → 23:17 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:57 → 00:17 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:57 → 01:17 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| London | 05:57 → 05:17 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Durban | 07:57 → 07:17 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Dubai | 09:57 → 09:17 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Delhi | 11:27 → 10:47 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Kolkata | 11:27 → 10:47 | 11:01 | 22 min | 11:01 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Singapore | 13:57 → 13:17 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Sydney | 16:57 → 16:17 | 12:19 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 30 Nov |
| Suva | 17:57 → 17:17 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 30 Nov |