Dawn of Saturday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:22 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:08
Saptamī begins 07:12:47
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0 of 106 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1956
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 57 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 106 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 19 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
43 of 105 minutes covered, the first 43
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:13 on Sat 18 Feb to 06:05 on Sun 19 Feb.
1956-02-17T23:12:48Z → 1956-02-18T22:04:36Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:22–07:08 on the 18th, 05:21–07:07 on the 19th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 106 minutes on the 18th and 43 of 105 on the 19th.
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 297 s < 300 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1956: Sunday 19 February.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1956 falls on Sunday 19 February. Saptamī runs from 07:13 on Sat 18 Feb to 06:05 on Sun 19 Feb and covers 43 of 105 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn. It is 4 min 57 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 19 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 19 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 19 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 17th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:13 → 14:05 | 04:53 | 0 min | 04:52 | 104 min | 18 Feb |
| Chicago | 17:13 → 16:05 | 04:58 | 0 min | 04:57 | 107 min | 18 Feb |
| Jersey City | 18:13 → 17:05 | 05:03 | 0 min | 05:02 | 106 min | 18 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 19:13 → 18:05 | 04:49 | 0 min | 04:48 | 98 min | 18 Feb |
| London | 23:13 → 22:05 | 05:21 | 0 min | 05:20 | 111 min | 18 Feb |
| Durban | 01:13 → 00:05 | 04:10 | 0 min | 04:11 | 87 min | 18 Feb |
| Dubai | 03:13 → 02:05 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:11 | 101 min | 18 Feb |
| Delhi | 04:43 → 03:35 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:16 | 102 min | 18 Feb |
| Kolkata | 04:43 → 03:35 | 04:28 | 0 min | 04:27 | 85 min | 18 Feb |
| Singapore | 06:43 → 05:35 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 4 min | 19 Feb |
| Sydney | 09:13 → 08:05 | 04:06 | 0 min | 04:06 | 0 min | 19 Feb |
| Suva | 11:13 → 10:05 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 0 min | 19 Feb |