Dawn of Wednesday 3 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:34 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:24
Saptamī begins 07:52:58
05:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58
0 of 110 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1960
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 29 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 3 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 110 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 4 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:53 on Wed 3 Feb to 09:26 on Thu 4 Feb.
1960-02-02T23:52:59Z → 1960-02-04T01:26:14Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:34–07:24 on the 3rd, 05:34–07:23 on the 4th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 110 minutes on the 3rd and 110 of 110 on the 4th.
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 1725 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1960: Thursday 4 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1960 falls on Thursday 4 February. Saptamī runs from 07:53 on Wed 3 Feb to 09:26 on Thu 4 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 4 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 4 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 4 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 2nd | Covered | Aruṇodaya 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:53 → 17:26 | 05:03 | 0 min | 05:02 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Chicago | 17:53 → 19:26 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:10 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Jersey City | 18:53 → 20:26 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:14 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 19:53 → 21:26 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| London | 23:53 → 01:26 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:38 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Durban | 01:53 → 03:26 | 04:01 | 0 min | 04:02 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Dubai | 03:53 → 05:26 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:17 | 9 min | 3 Feb |
| Delhi | 05:23 → 06:56 | 05:24 | 0 min | 05:24 | 93 min | 3 Feb |
| Kolkata | 05:23 → 06:56 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:33 | 103 min | 4 Feb |
| Singapore | 07:23 → 08:56 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 96 min | 4 Feb |
| Sydney | 09:53 → 11:26 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:56 | 83 min | 4 Feb |
| Suva | 11:53 → 13:26 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:25 | 89 min | 4 Feb |