Dawn of Saturday 5 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:32 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:22
05:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:32
109 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1949
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 138 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 5 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 6 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 01:05 on Sat 5 Feb to 03:14 on Sun 6 Feb.
1949-02-04T17:04:57Z → 1949-02-05T19:14:07Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:32–07:22 on the 5th, 05:32–07:21 on the 6th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 109 on the 6th.
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 8258 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1949: Saturday 5 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1949 falls on Saturday 5 February. Saptamī runs from 01:05 on Sat 5 Feb to 03:14 on Sun 6 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 5 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 5 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 5 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 4th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:05 → 11:14 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:01 | 107 min | 5 Feb |
| Chicago | 11:05 → 13:14 | 05:10 | 0 min | 05:09 | 111 min | 5 Feb |
| Jersey City | 12:05 → 14:14 | 05:14 | 0 min | 05:13 | 110 min | 5 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 13:05 → 15:14 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 98 min | 5 Feb |
| London | 17:05 → 19:14 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:36 | 117 min | 5 Feb |
| Durban | 19:05 → 21:14 | 04:03 | 0 min | 04:03 | 85 min | 5 Feb |
| Dubai | 21:05 → 23:14 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:17 | 103 min | 5 Feb |
| Delhi | 22:35 → 00:44 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:23 | 105 min | 5 Feb |
| Kolkata | 22:35 → 00:44 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:32 | 102 min | 5 Feb |
| Singapore | 00:35 → 02:44 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 96 min | 5 Feb |
| Sydney | 03:05 → 05:14 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:57 | 83 min | 5 Feb |
| Suva | 05:05 → 07:14 | 04:25 | 0 min | 04:26 | 50 min | 6 Feb |