Dawn of Monday 3 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
05:34 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:24
05:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:34
110 of 110 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1941
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 Monday 3 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Dawn of Tuesday 4 February
Qualifies with 52 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
52 of 110 minutes covered, the first 52
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 03:44 on Mon 3 Feb to 06:25 on Tue 4 Feb.
1941-02-02T19:43:56Z → 1941-02-03T22:25:21Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:34–07:24 on the 3rd, 05:33–07:23 on the 4th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 110 of 110 minutes on the 3rd and 52 of 110 on the 4th.
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 3130 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1941: Monday 3 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1941 falls on Monday 3 February. Saptamī runs from 03:44 on Mon 3 Feb to 06:25 on Tue 4 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 52 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 | Mon 3 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 3 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 3 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 2nd | Covered | Aruṇodaya 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:44 → 14:25 | 05:02 | 0 min | 05:02 | 107 min | 3 Feb |
| Chicago | 13:44 → 16:25 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:10 | 111 min | 3 Feb |
| Jersey City | 14:44 → 17:25 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:14 | 111 min | 3 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 15:44 → 18:25 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 3 Feb |
| London | 20:44 → 23:25 | 06:40 | 0 min | 06:39 | 118 min | 3 Feb |
| Durban | 21:44 → 00:25 | 04:01 | 0 min | 04:02 | 84 min | 3 Feb |
| Dubai | 23:44 → 02:25 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:18 | 104 min | 3 Feb |
| Delhi | 01:14 → 03:55 | 05:24 | 0 min | 05:24 | 105 min | 3 Feb |
| Kolkata | 01:14 → 03:55 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:33 | 103 min | 3 Feb |
| Singapore | 03:04 → 05:45 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:01 | 96 min | 3 Feb |
| Sydney | 05:44 → 08:25 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:56 | 0 min | 4 Feb |
| Suva | 07:44 → 10:25 | 04:25 | 0 min | 04:25 | 0 min | 4 Feb |