Dawn of Wednesday 27 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:38 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:30
05:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02
0 of 112 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1909
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 261 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 27 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 112 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 28 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
112 of 112 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 13:41 on Wed 27 Jan to 11:50 on Thu 28 Jan.
1909-01-27T05:41:11Z → 1909-01-28T03:49:35Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:38–07:30 on the 27th, 05:38–07:29 on the 28th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 112 minutes on the 27th and 112 of 112 on the 28th.
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 15631 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1909: Thursday 28 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1909 falls on Thursday 28 January. Saptamī runs from 13:41 on Wed 27 Jan to 11:50 on Thu 28 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 28 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 28 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 Jan |
| 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 27th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:41 → 19:50 | 05:05 | 109 min | 05:05 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Chicago | 23:41 → 21:50 | 05:15 | 114 min | 05:15 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Jersey City | 00:41 → 22:50 | 05:19 | 113 min | 05:18 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 01:41 → 23:50 | 04:51 | 99 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| London | 05:41 → 03:50 | 05:46 | 121 min | 05:45 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Durban | 07:41 → 05:50 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:58 | 83 min | 28 Jan |
| Dubai | 09:22 → 07:31 | 05:00 | 0 min | 05:00 | 105 min | 28 Jan |
| Delhi | 11:11 → 09:20 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:26 | 106 min | 28 Jan |
| Kolkata | 11:11 → 09:20 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 104 min | 28 Jan |
| Singapore | 12:41 → 10:50 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:40 | 96 min | 28 Jan |
| Sydney | 15:41 → 13:50 | 03:50 | 0 min | 03:51 | 81 min | 28 Jan |
| Suva | 17:36 → 15:45 | 04:17 | 0 min | 04:17 | 88 min | 28 Jan |