Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1912

Friday 26 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two dawns

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.

Dawn of Friday 26 January

Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.

05:39 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:31
05:1505:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

112 of 112 minutes covered

Dawn of Saturday 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

Saptamī presentAruṇodaya, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 05:04 on Fri 26 Jan to 05:06 on Sat 27 Jan.

    1912-01-25T21:03:59Z → 1912-01-26T21:05:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:39–07:31 on the 26th, 05:38–07:30 on the 27th.

    arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 112 of 112 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 112 on the 27th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1967 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1912: Friday 26 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1912 falls on Friday 26 January. Saptamī runs from 05:04 on Fri 26 Jan to 05:06 on Sat 27 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/ratha-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 Jan
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/ratha-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīAruṇodaya 25thCoveredAruṇodaya 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:04 → 13:0605:060 min05:06109 min26 Jan
Chicago15:04 → 15:0605:170 min05:16114 min26 Jan
Jersey City16:04 → 16:0605:200 min05:20113 min26 Jan
Port of Spain17:04 → 17:0604:510 min04:5199 min26 Jan
London21:04 → 21:0605:490 min05:48122 min26 Jan
Durban23:04 → 23:0603:550 min03:5683 min26 Jan
Dubai00:45 → 00:4705:010 min05:01105 min26 Jan
Delhi02:34 → 02:3605:270 min05:27107 min26 Jan
Kolkata02:34 → 02:3604:350 min04:35104 min26 Jan
Singapore04:04 → 04:0604:400 min04:4096 min26 Jan
Sydney07:04 → 07:0603:480 min03:490 min27 Jan
Suva08:59 → 09:0104:150 min04:160 min27 Jan
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ratha-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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