Dawn of Thursday 30 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:37 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:28
05:1305:3706:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:01
111 of 111 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1936
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 417 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 30 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
111 of 111 minutes covered
Dawn of Friday 31 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 111 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 22:40 on Wed 29 Jan to 20:31 on Thu 30 Jan.
1936-01-29T14:39:32Z → 1936-01-30T12:30:36Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:37–07:28 on the 30th, 05:36–07:27 on the 31st.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 111 of 111 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 111 on the 31st.
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 25031 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1936: Thursday 30 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1936 falls on Thursday 30 January. Saptamī runs from 22:40 on Wed 29 Jan to 20:31 on Thu 30 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 30 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 30 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 30 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 29th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:40 → 04:31 | 05:05 | 14 min | 05:04 | 0 min | 29 Jan |
| Chicago | 08:40 → 06:31 | 05:14 | 0 min | 05:14 | 77 min | 30 Jan |
| Jersey City | 09:40 → 07:31 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:18 | 112 min | 30 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 10:40 → 08:31 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 30 Jan |
| London | 14:40 → 12:31 | 05:45 | 0 min | 05:44 | 120 min | 30 Jan |
| Durban | 16:40 → 14:31 | 03:58 | 0 min | 03:59 | 83 min | 30 Jan |
| Dubai | 18:40 → 16:31 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:19 | 104 min | 30 Jan |
| Delhi | 20:10 → 18:01 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:25 | 106 min | 30 Jan |
| Kolkata | 20:10 → 18:01 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 103 min | 30 Jan |
| Singapore | 22:00 → 19:51 | 05:00 | 0 min | 05:01 | 96 min | 30 Jan |
| Sydney | 00:40 → 22:31 | 03:51 | 0 min | 03:52 | 81 min | 30 Jan |
| Suva | 02:40 → 00:31 | 04:22 | 0 min | 04:23 | 89 min | 30 Jan |