Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 1908

Sunday 29 November

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 359 minutes.

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33°27′ N 112°04′ W · America/Phoenix · GeoNames 5308655

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 29 November

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 30 November

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 05:54 on Sun 29 Nov to 03:48 on Mon 30 Nov.

    1908-11-29T12:53:59Z → 1908-11-30T10:48:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 29th, 11:53–12:41 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 21520 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Phoenix, 1908: Sunday 29 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Mitra Saptamī 1908 falls on Sunday 29 November. Saptamī runs from 05:54 on Sun 29 Nov to 03:48 on Mon 30 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/1908/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix.

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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:54 → 02:4811:1748 min11:180 min29 Nov
Chicago06:54 → 04:4811:1548 min11:150 min29 Nov
Jersey City07:54 → 05:4811:2148 min11:210 min29 Nov
Port of Spain08:54 → 06:4811:3048 min11:310 min29 Nov
London12:54 → 10:4811:250 min11:250 min30 Nov
Durban14:54 → 12:4811:200 min11:2148 min30 Nov
Dubai16:35 → 14:2911:240 min11:2448 min30 Nov
Delhi18:24 → 16:1811:450 min11:4648 min30 Nov
Kolkata18:24 → 16:1811:010 min11:0148 min30 Nov
Singapore19:54 → 17:4811:290 min11:2948 min30 Nov
Sydney22:54 → 20:4811:200 min11:2048 min30 Nov
Suva00:49 → 22:4311:260 min11:2648 min30 Nov
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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