Dawn of Sunday 17 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:23 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:09
04:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:23
106 of 106 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1918
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 383 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Sunday 17 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Dawn of Monday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 23:00 on Sat 16 Feb to 21:27 on Sun 17 Feb.
1918-02-16T15:00:27Z → 1918-02-17T13:27:20Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:23–07:09 on the 17th, 05:22–07:08 on the 18th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 106 of 106 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 105 on the 18th.
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 22958 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1918: Sunday 17 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1918 falls on Sunday 17 February. Saptamī runs from 23:00 on Sat 16 Feb to 21:27 on Sun 17 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 17 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 17 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 17 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 16th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:00 → 05:27 | 04:54 | 0 min | 04:53 | 35 min | 17 Feb |
| Chicago | 09:00 → 07:27 | 04:59 | 0 min | 04:58 | 107 min | 17 Feb |
| Jersey City | 10:00 → 08:27 | 05:04 | 0 min | 05:03 | 106 min | 17 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 11:00 → 09:27 | 04:49 | 0 min | 04:49 | 98 min | 17 Feb |
| London | 15:00 → 13:27 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:21 | 112 min | 17 Feb |
| Durban | 17:00 → 15:27 | 04:10 | 0 min | 04:10 | 87 min | 17 Feb |
| Dubai | 18:41 → 17:08 | 04:53 | 0 min | 04:53 | 101 min | 17 Feb |
| Delhi | 20:30 → 18:57 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:17 | 102 min | 17 Feb |
| Kolkata | 20:30 → 18:57 | 04:28 | 0 min | 04:27 | 101 min | 17 Feb |
| Singapore | 22:00 → 20:27 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:41 | 95 min | 17 Feb |
| Sydney | 01:00 → 23:27 | 04:05 | 0 min | 04:06 | 86 min | 17 Feb |
| Suva | 03:00 → 01:27 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 91 min | 17 Feb |