Dawn of Friday 1 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:35 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:26
05:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59
0 of 111 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1952
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 500 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Friday 1 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 111 minutes covered
Dawn of Saturday 2 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 15:47 on Fri 1 Feb to 15:45 on Sat 2 Feb.
1952-02-01T07:47:11Z → 1952-02-02T07:45:00Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:35–07:26 on the 1st, 05:35–07:25 on the 2nd.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 1st and 110 of 110 on the 2nd.
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 29988 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1952: Saturday 2 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1952 falls on Saturday 2 February. Saptamī runs from 15:47 on Fri 1 Feb to 15:45 on Sat 2 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 2 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 2 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 2 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 1st | Covered | Aruṇodaya 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:47 → 23:45 | 05:03 | 108 min | 05:03 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Chicago | 01:47 → 01:45 | 05:12 | 112 min | 05:12 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Jersey City | 02:47 → 02:45 | 05:16 | 112 min | 05:16 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 03:47 → 03:45 | 04:51 | 99 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| London | 07:47 → 07:45 | 05:42 | 0 min | 05:41 | 119 min | 2 Feb |
| Durban | 09:47 → 09:45 | 04:00 | 0 min | 04:01 | 84 min | 2 Feb |
| Dubai | 11:47 → 11:45 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:18 | 104 min | 2 Feb |
| Delhi | 13:17 → 13:15 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:24 | 105 min | 2 Feb |
| Kolkata | 13:17 → 13:15 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:33 | 103 min | 2 Feb |
| Singapore | 15:17 → 15:15 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 96 min | 2 Feb |
| Sydney | 17:47 → 17:45 | 03:54 | 0 min | 03:55 | 82 min | 2 Feb |
| Suva | 19:47 → 19:45 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:24 | 89 min | 2 Feb |