Dawn of Wednesday 1 February
Qualifies with 85 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
05:35 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:26
Saptamī begins 06:00:15
05:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59
85 of 110 minutes covered, the last 85
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1933
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both dawns qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 1 February
Qualifies with 85 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
85 of 110 minutes covered, the last 85
Dawn of Thursday 2 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:00 on Wed 1 Feb to 08:05 on Thu 2 Feb.
1933-01-31T22:00:15Z → 1933-02-02T00:05:13Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:35–07:26 on the 1st, 05:35–07:25 on the 2nd.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 85 of 110 minutes on the 1st and 110 of 110 on the 2nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1506 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1933: Thursday 2 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1933 falls on Thursday 2 February. Saptamī runs from 06:00 on Wed 1 Feb to 08:05 on Thu 2 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the previous dawn for 85 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 2 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 2 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 2 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 31st | Covered | Aruṇodaya 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:00 → 16:05 | 05:03 | 0 min | 05:02 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Chicago | 16:00 → 18:05 | 05:13 | 0 min | 05:11 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Jersey City | 17:00 → 19:05 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:15 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 18:00 → 20:05 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| London | 22:00 → 00:05 | 05:42 | 0 min | 05:40 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Durban | 00:00 → 02:05 | 04:00 | 0 min | 04:01 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Dubai | 02:00 → 04:05 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:18 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Delhi | 03:30 → 05:35 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:24 | 11 min | 1 Feb |
| Kolkata | 03:30 → 05:35 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:33 | 62 min | 1 Feb |
| Singapore | 05:20 → 07:25 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:01 | 96 min | 2 Feb |
| Sydney | 08:00 → 10:05 | 03:54 | 0 min | 03:55 | 82 min | 2 Feb |
| Suva | 10:00 → 12:05 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:25 | 89 min | 2 Feb |