Dawn of Wednesday 9 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:30 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:19
05:0605:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:30
0 of 108 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1916
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 535 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 9 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 108 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 10 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
108 of 108 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 16:14 on Wed 9 Feb to 17:28 on Thu 10 Feb.
1916-02-09T08:14:11Z → 1916-02-10T09:28:04Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:30–07:19 on the 9th, 05:30–07:18 on the 10th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 108 minutes on the 9th and 108 of 108 on the 10th.
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 32127 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1916: Thursday 10 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1916 falls on Thursday 10 February. Saptamī runs from 16:14 on Wed 9 Feb to 17:28 on Thu 10 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 10 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 10 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 10 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 9th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:14 → 01:28 | 04:59 | 106 min | 04:58 | 0 min | 9 Feb |
| Chicago | 02:14 → 03:28 | 05:06 | 110 min | 05:05 | 0 min | 9 Feb |
| Jersey City | 03:14 → 04:28 | 05:10 | 109 min | 05:10 | 0 min | 9 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 04:14 → 05:28 | 04:50 | 98 min | 04:50 | 38 min | 9 Feb |
| London | 08:14 → 09:28 | 05:33 | 0 min | 05:31 | 115 min | 10 Feb |
| Durban | 10:14 → 11:28 | 04:05 | 0 min | 04:06 | 86 min | 10 Feb |
| Dubai | 11:55 → 13:09 | 04:57 | 0 min | 04:56 | 103 min | 10 Feb |
| Delhi | 13:44 → 14:58 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:21 | 104 min | 10 Feb |
| Kolkata | 13:44 → 14:58 | 04:31 | 0 min | 04:31 | 102 min | 10 Feb |
| Singapore | 15:14 → 16:28 | 04:42 | 0 min | 04:42 | 96 min | 10 Feb |
| Sydney | 18:14 → 19:28 | 04:00 | 0 min | 04:00 | 84 min | 10 Feb |
| Suva | 20:14 → 21:28 | 04:27 | 0 min | 04:27 | 90 min | 10 Feb |