Dawn of Saturday 28 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:38 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:29
05:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02
0 of 112 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1928
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 538 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 28 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 112 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 29 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
111 of 111 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 18:30 on Sat 28 Jan to 16:26 on Sun 29 Jan.
1928-01-28T10:30:19Z → 1928-01-29T08:26:29Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:38–07:29 on the 28th, 05:37–07:29 on the 29th.
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 28th and 111 of 111 on the 29th.
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 32267 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1928: Sunday 29 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1928 falls on Sunday 29 January. Saptamī runs from 18:30 on Sat 28 Jan to 16:26 on Sun 29 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 29 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 29 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 29 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 28th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:30 → 00:26 | 05:05 | 109 min | 05:05 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Chicago | 04:30 → 02:26 | 05:15 | 113 min | 05:14 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Jersey City | 05:30 → 03:26 | 05:19 | 101 min | 05:18 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 06:30 → 04:26 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| London | 10:30 → 08:26 | 05:46 | 0 min | 05:45 | 121 min | 29 Jan |
| Durban | 12:30 → 10:26 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:58 | 83 min | 29 Jan |
| Dubai | 14:30 → 12:26 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:19 | 105 min | 29 Jan |
| Delhi | 16:00 → 13:56 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:26 | 106 min | 29 Jan |
| Kolkata | 16:00 → 13:56 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 104 min | 29 Jan |
| Singapore | 17:30 → 15:26 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:40 | 96 min | 29 Jan |
| Sydney | 20:30 → 18:26 | 03:51 | 0 min | 03:51 | 81 min | 29 Jan |
| Suva | 22:30 → 20:26 | 04:22 | 0 min | 04:22 | 88 min | 29 Jan |