Dawn of Wednesday 17 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:23 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:08
04:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:23
106 of 106 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1937
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 146 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 17 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 02:56 on Wed 17 Feb to 00:49 on Thu 18 Feb.
1937-02-16T18:56:21Z → 1937-02-17T16:49:17Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:23–07:08 on the 17th, 05:22–07:07 on the 18th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 106 of 106 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 105 on the 18th.
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 8781 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1937: Wednesday 17 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1937 falls on Wednesday 17 February. Saptamī runs from 02:56 on Wed 17 Feb to 00:49 on Thu 18 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 17 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 17 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 17 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 16th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:56 → 08:49 | 04:53 | 0 min | 04:52 | 104 min | 17 Feb |
| Chicago | 12:56 → 10:49 | 04:59 | 0 min | 04:58 | 107 min | 17 Feb |
| Jersey City | 13:56 → 11:49 | 05:03 | 0 min | 05:02 | 106 min | 17 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 14:56 → 12:49 | 04:49 | 0 min | 04:49 | 98 min | 17 Feb |
| London | 18:56 → 16:49 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:21 | 111 min | 17 Feb |
| Durban | 20:56 → 18:49 | 04:10 | 0 min | 04:11 | 87 min | 17 Feb |
| Dubai | 22:56 → 20:49 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:11 | 101 min | 17 Feb |
| Delhi | 00:26 → 22:19 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:16 | 102 min | 17 Feb |
| Kolkata | 00:26 → 22:19 | 04:28 | 0 min | 04:27 | 101 min | 17 Feb |
| Singapore | 02:16 → 00:09 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:01 | 95 min | 17 Feb |
| Sydney | 04:56 → 02:49 | 04:05 | 0 min | 04:06 | 36 min | 17 Feb |
| Suva | 06:56 → 04:49 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 0 min | 18 Feb |