Dawn of Wednesday 20 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:41 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:34
05:1705:4106:0506:2906:5307:1707:4108:05
113 of 113 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1926
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 565 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 20 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
113 of 113 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 21 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 113 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 20:16 on Tue 19 Jan to 18:55 on Wed 20 Jan.
1926-01-19T12:15:49Z → 1926-01-20T10:55:07Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:41–07:34 on the 20th, 05:40–07:34 on the 21st.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 113 of 113 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 113 on the 21st.
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 33890 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1926: Wednesday 20 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1926 falls on Wednesday 20 January. Saptamī runs from 20:16 on Tue 19 Jan to 18:55 on Wed 20 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 20 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 20 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 20 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 19th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:16 → 02:55 | 05:07 | 111 min | 05:07 | 0 min | 19 Jan |
| Chicago | 06:16 → 04:55 | 05:19 | 59 min | 05:19 | 0 min | 19 Jan |
| Jersey City | 07:16 → 05:55 | 05:22 | 1 min | 05:22 | 33 min | 20 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 08:16 → 06:55 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:50 | 99 min | 20 Jan |
| London | 12:16 → 10:55 | 05:53 | 0 min | 05:52 | 124 min | 20 Jan |
| Durban | 14:16 → 12:55 | 03:51 | 0 min | 03:52 | 82 min | 20 Jan |
| Dubai | 16:16 → 14:55 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 106 min | 20 Jan |
| Delhi | 17:46 → 16:25 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:27 | 107 min | 20 Jan |
| Kolkata | 17:46 → 16:25 | 04:35 | 0 min | 04:35 | 105 min | 20 Jan |
| Singapore | 19:16 → 17:55 | 04:38 | 0 min | 04:38 | 96 min | 20 Jan |
| Sydney | 22:16 → 20:55 | 03:44 | 0 min | 03:45 | 79 min | 20 Jan |
| Suva | 00:16 → 22:55 | 04:17 | 0 min | 04:18 | 88 min | 20 Jan |