Dawn of Wednesday 5 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:33 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:22
05:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:33
0 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1930
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 369 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 5 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 109 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 6 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 13:31 on Wed 5 Feb to 13:38 on Thu 6 Feb.
1930-02-05T05:30:42Z → 1930-02-06T05:37:49Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:33–07:22 on the 5th, 05:32–07:21 on the 6th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 109 minutes on the 5th and 109 of 109 on the 6th.
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 22112 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1930: Thursday 6 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1930 falls on Thursday 6 February. Saptamī runs from 13:31 on Wed 5 Feb to 13:38 on Thu 6 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 6 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 6 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 6 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 5th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:31 → 21:38 | 05:01 | 107 min | 05:00 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Chicago | 23:31 → 23:38 | 05:09 | 111 min | 05:08 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Jersey City | 00:31 → 00:38 | 05:13 | 110 min | 05:12 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 01:31 → 01:38 | 04:51 | 98 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| London | 05:31 → 05:38 | 05:37 | 117 min | 05:36 | 2 min | 5 Feb |
| Durban | 07:31 → 07:38 | 04:03 | 0 min | 04:04 | 85 min | 6 Feb |
| Dubai | 09:31 → 09:38 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:17 | 103 min | 6 Feb |
| Delhi | 11:01 → 11:08 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:23 | 105 min | 6 Feb |
| Kolkata | 11:01 → 11:08 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:32 | 102 min | 6 Feb |
| Singapore | 12:31 → 12:38 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:41 | 96 min | 6 Feb |
| Sydney | 15:31 → 15:38 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:58 | 83 min | 6 Feb |
| Suva | 17:31 → 17:38 | 04:26 | 0 min | 04:26 | 89 min | 6 Feb |