Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1913

Thursday 13 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 62 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two dawns

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

Dawn of Thursday 13 February

Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.

05:26 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:13
05:0205:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:26

107 of 107 minutes covered

Dawn of Friday 14 February

Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:26 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:12
05:0205:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:26

0 of 107 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 03:30 on Thu 13 Feb to 04:24 on Fri 14 Feb.

    1913-02-12T19:30:07Z → 1913-02-13T20:24:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:26–07:13 on the 13th, 05:26–07:12 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 107 of 107 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 107 on the 14th.

    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 3693 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1913: Thursday 13 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1913 falls on Thursday 13 February. Saptamī runs from 03:30 on Thu 13 Feb to 04:24 on Fri 14 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1913/ratha-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 Feb
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 12thCoveredAruṇodaya 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:30 → 12:2404:560 min04:56105 min13 Feb
Chicago13:30 → 14:2405:030 min05:02108 min13 Feb
Jersey City14:30 → 15:2405:070 min05:06108 min13 Feb
Port of Spain15:30 → 16:2404:500 min04:5098 min13 Feb
London19:30 → 20:2405:280 min05:26113 min13 Feb
Durban21:30 → 22:2404:080 min04:0886 min13 Feb
Dubai23:11 → 00:0504:550 min04:55102 min13 Feb
Delhi01:00 → 01:5405:200 min05:19103 min13 Feb
Kolkata01:00 → 01:5404:300 min04:29101 min13 Feb
Singapore02:30 → 03:2404:420 min04:4295 min13 Feb
Sydney05:30 → 06:2404:020 min04:030 min14 Feb
Suva07:25 → 08:1904:230 min04:240 min14 Feb
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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