Dawn of Saturday 8 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:31 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:20
05:0705:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:31
109 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1908
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 298 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 8 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 9 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 108 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 00:33 on Sat 8 Feb to 00:16 on Sun 9 Feb.
1908-02-07T16:32:47Z → 1908-02-08T16:16:25Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:31–07:20 on the 8th, 05:30–07:19 on the 9th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 108 on the 9th.
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 17901 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1908: Saturday 8 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1908 falls on Saturday 8 February. Saptamī runs from 00:33 on Sat 8 Feb to 00:16 on Sun 9 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 8 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 8 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 8 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 7th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:33 → 08:16 | 05:00 | 0 min | 05:00 | 106 min | 8 Feb |
| Chicago | 10:33 → 10:16 | 05:08 | 0 min | 05:07 | 110 min | 8 Feb |
| Jersey City | 11:33 → 11:16 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:11 | 109 min | 8 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 12:33 → 12:16 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 98 min | 8 Feb |
| London | 16:33 → 16:16 | 05:35 | 0 min | 05:34 | 116 min | 8 Feb |
| Durban | 18:33 → 18:16 | 04:04 | 0 min | 04:05 | 85 min | 8 Feb |
| Dubai | 20:14 → 19:57 | 04:58 | 0 min | 04:57 | 103 min | 8 Feb |
| Delhi | 22:03 → 21:46 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:22 | 104 min | 8 Feb |
| Kolkata | 22:03 → 21:46 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:32 | 102 min | 8 Feb |
| Singapore | 23:33 → 23:16 | 04:42 | 0 min | 04:42 | 96 min | 8 Feb |
| Sydney | 02:33 → 02:16 | 03:58 | 0 min | 03:59 | 83 min | 8 Feb |
| Suva | 04:28 → 04:11 | 04:21 | 0 min | 04:22 | 83 min | 8 Feb |