Dawn of Monday 31 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
06:36 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 08:27
06:1206:3607:0007:2407:4808:1208:3609:00
111 of 111 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1944
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Monday 31 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
111 of 111 minutes covered
Dawn of Tuesday 1 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 111 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:01 on Mon 31 Jan to 04:35 on Tue 1 Feb.
1944-01-30T21:01:02Z → 1944-01-31T19:35:22Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 06:36–08:27 on the 31st, 06:36–08:26 on the 1st.
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 31st and 0 of 111 on the 1st.
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 2104 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1944: Monday 31 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1944 falls on Monday 31 January. Saptamī runs from 06:01 on Mon 31 Jan to 04:35 on Tue 1 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 31 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 31 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 31 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 30th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:01 → 12:35 | 06:04 | 0 min | 06:04 | 108 min | 31 Jan |
| Chicago | 16:01 → 14:35 | 06:14 | 0 min | 06:13 | 112 min | 31 Jan |
| Jersey City | 17:01 → 15:35 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:17 | 112 min | 31 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 18:01 → 16:35 | 05:51 | 0 min | 05:51 | 99 min | 31 Jan |
| London | 22:01 → 20:35 | 06:44 | 0 min | 06:43 | 120 min | 31 Jan |
| Durban | 00:01 → 22:35 | 04:59 | 0 min | 04:59 | 84 min | 31 Jan |
| Dubai | 01:01 → 23:35 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:19 | 104 min | 31 Jan |
| Delhi | 03:31 → 02:05 | 06:25 | 0 min | 06:25 | 106 min | 31 Jan |
| Kolkata | 03:31 → 02:05 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:34 | 103 min | 31 Jan |
| Singapore | 06:01 → 04:35 | 06:41 | 0 min | 06:41 | 96 min | 31 Jan |
| Sydney | 08:01 → 06:35 | 04:52 | 0 min | 04:53 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Suva | 09:01 → 07:35 | 04:23 | 0 min | 04:23 | 0 min | 1 Feb |