Dawn of Friday 14 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:26 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:13
05:0205:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:26
0 of 107 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1902
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 284 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Friday 14 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 107 minutes covered
Dawn of Saturday 15 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 13:48 on Fri 14 Feb to 11:55 on Sat 15 Feb.
1902-02-14T05:47:55Z → 1902-02-15T03:55:06Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:26–07:13 on the 14th, 05:25–07:12 on the 15th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 107 minutes on the 14th and 106 of 106 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 17014 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1902: Saturday 15 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1902 falls on Saturday 15 February. Saptamī runs from 13:48 on Fri 14 Feb to 11:55 on Sat 15 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 15 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 15 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 15 Feb |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/ratha-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Ratha saptami (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise), Acala saptami, Vidhana saptami, Arogya saptami [purvaviddha].” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Aruṇodaya 14th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:48 → 19:55 | 04:55 | 105 min | 04:54 | 0 min | 14 Feb |
| Chicago | 23:48 → 21:55 | 05:01 | 108 min | 05:00 | 0 min | 14 Feb |
| Jersey City | 00:48 → 22:55 | 05:06 | 107 min | 05:05 | 0 min | 14 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 01:48 → 23:55 | 04:50 | 98 min | 04:49 | 0 min | 14 Feb |
| London | 05:48 → 03:55 | 05:26 | 91 min | 05:24 | 0 min | 14 Feb |
| Durban | 07:18 → 05:25 | 03:39 | 0 min | 03:39 | 87 min | 15 Feb |
| Dubai | 09:29 → 07:36 | 04:54 | 0 min | 04:54 | 102 min | 15 Feb |
| Delhi | 11:09 → 09:16 | 05:10 | 0 min | 05:09 | 103 min | 15 Feb |
| Kolkata | 11:09 → 09:16 | 04:20 | 0 min | 04:20 | 101 min | 15 Feb |
| Singapore | 12:43 → 10:50 | 04:37 | 0 min | 04:37 | 95 min | 15 Feb |
| Sydney | 15:48 → 13:55 | 04:04 | 0 min | 04:04 | 85 min | 15 Feb |
| Suva | 17:43 → 15:50 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:24 | 90 min | 15 Feb |