Dawn of Tuesday 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 · 1920
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 294 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 27 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 112 minutes covered
Dawn of Wednesday 28 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
112 of 112 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 13:40 on Tue 27 Jan to 12:24 on Wed 28 Jan.
1920-01-27T05:39:47Z → 1920-01-28T04:23:51Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:38–07:30 on the 27th, 05:38–07:30 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 17661 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1920: Wednesday 28 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1920 falls on Wednesday 28 January. Saptamī runs from 13:40 on Tue 27 Jan to 12:24 on Wed 28 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 28 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 28 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 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 | 21:40 → 20:24 | 05:05 | 109 min | 05:05 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Chicago | 23:40 → 22:24 | 05:16 | 114 min | 05:15 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Jersey City | 00:40 → 23:24 | 05:19 | 113 min | 05:19 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 01:40 → 00:24 | 04:51 | 99 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| London | 05:40 → 04:24 | 05:47 | 122 min | 05:46 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Durban | 07:40 → 06:24 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:57 | 83 min | 28 Jan |
| Dubai | 09:40 → 08:24 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:19 | 105 min | 28 Jan |
| Delhi | 11:10 → 09:54 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:26 | 106 min | 28 Jan |
| Kolkata | 11:10 → 09:54 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 104 min | 28 Jan |
| Singapore | 12:40 → 11:24 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:40 | 96 min | 28 Jan |
| Sydney | 15:40 → 14:24 | 03:50 | 0 min | 03:51 | 81 min | 28 Jan |
| Suva | 17:40 → 16:24 | 04:21 | 0 min | 04:22 | 88 min | 28 Jan |