Dawn of Wednesday 25 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:39 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:31
05:1505:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03
112 of 112 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1950
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 380 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 25 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
112 of 112 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 26 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 112 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 20:39 on Tue 24 Jan to 23:18 on Wed 25 Jan.
1950-01-24T12:38:51Z → 1950-01-25T15:18:01Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:39–07:31 on the 25th, 05:38–07:30 on the 26th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 112 of 112 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 112 on the 26th.
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 22819 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1950: Wednesday 25 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1950 falls on Wednesday 25 January. Saptamī runs from 20:39 on Tue 24 Jan to 23:18 on Wed 25 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 25 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 25 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 25 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 24th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:39 → 07:18 | 05:06 | 110 min | 05:06 | 109 min | 24 Jan |
| Chicago | 06:39 → 09:18 | 05:17 | 32 min | 05:16 | 114 min | 25 Jan |
| Jersey City | 07:39 → 10:18 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 113 min | 25 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 08:39 → 11:18 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 25 Jan |
| London | 12:39 → 15:18 | 05:49 | 0 min | 05:48 | 122 min | 25 Jan |
| Durban | 14:39 → 17:18 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:56 | 83 min | 25 Jan |
| Dubai | 16:39 → 19:18 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 105 min | 25 Jan |
| Delhi | 18:09 → 20:48 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:27 | 107 min | 25 Jan |
| Kolkata | 18:09 → 20:48 | 04:35 | 0 min | 04:34 | 104 min | 25 Jan |
| Singapore | 20:09 → 22:48 | 05:09 | 0 min | 05:10 | 96 min | 25 Jan |
| Sydney | 22:39 → 01:18 | 03:48 | 0 min | 03:49 | 80 min | 25 Jan |
| Suva | 00:39 → 03:18 | 04:20 | 0 min | 04:21 | 88 min | 25 Jan |