Dawn of Wednesday 4 February
Qualifies with 7 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
05:34 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:24
Saptamī begins 07:16:48
05:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:34
7 of 110 minutes covered, the last 7
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1903
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both dawns qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 4 February
Qualifies with 7 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
7 of 110 minutes covered, the last 7
Dawn of Thursday 5 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
70 of 110 minutes covered, the first 70
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:17 on Wed 4 Feb to 06:43 on Thu 5 Feb.
1903-02-03T23:16:48Z → 1903-02-04T22:43:09Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:34–07:24 on the 4th, 05:33–07:23 on the 5th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 7 of 110 minutes on the 4th and 70 of 110 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 407 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1903: Thursday 5 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1903 falls on Thursday 5 February. Saptamī runs from 07:17 on Wed 4 Feb to 06:43 on Thu 5 Feb and covers 70 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the previous dawn for 7 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 5 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 5 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 5 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 3rd | Covered | Aruṇodaya 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:17 → 14:43 | 05:02 | 0 min | 05:02 | 107 min | 4 Feb |
| Chicago | 17:17 → 16:43 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:10 | 111 min | 4 Feb |
| Jersey City | 18:17 → 17:43 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:14 | 111 min | 4 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 19:17 → 18:43 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 4 Feb |
| London | 23:17 → 22:43 | 05:40 | 0 min | 05:39 | 118 min | 4 Feb |
| Durban | 00:47 → 00:13 | 03:32 | 0 min | 03:32 | 84 min | 4 Feb |
| Dubai | 02:58 → 02:24 | 04:59 | 0 min | 04:59 | 104 min | 4 Feb |
| Delhi | 04:38 → 04:04 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:15 | 105 min | 4 Feb |
| Kolkata | 04:38 → 04:04 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:24 | 89 min | 4 Feb |
| Singapore | 06:12 → 05:38 | 04:36 | 0 min | 04:36 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Sydney | 09:17 → 08:43 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:56 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Suva | 11:12 → 10:38 | 04:20 | 0 min | 04:20 | 0 min | 5 Feb |