Dawn of Saturday 10 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:29 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:17
05:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29
0 of 108 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1962
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 297 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 10 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 108 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 11 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
108 of 108 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 13:44 on Sat 10 Feb to 12:13 on Sun 11 Feb.
1962-02-10T05:43:34Z → 1962-02-11T04:12:55Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:29–07:17 on the 10th, 05:28–07:16 on the 11th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 108 minutes on the 10th and 108 of 108 on the 11th.
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 17844 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1962: Sunday 11 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1962 falls on Sunday 11 February. Saptamī runs from 13:44 on Sat 10 Feb to 12:13 on Sun 11 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 11 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 11 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 11 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 10th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:44 → 20:13 | 04:58 | 106 min | 04:57 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| Chicago | 23:44 → 22:13 | 05:05 | 109 min | 05:04 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| Jersey City | 00:44 → 23:13 | 05:09 | 109 min | 05:08 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 01:44 → 00:13 | 04:50 | 98 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| London | 05:44 → 04:13 | 05:30 | 102 min | 05:29 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| Durban | 07:44 → 06:13 | 04:06 | 0 min | 04:07 | 86 min | 11 Feb |
| Dubai | 09:44 → 08:13 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:14 | 102 min | 11 Feb |
| Delhi | 11:14 → 09:43 | 05:21 | 0 min | 05:20 | 104 min | 11 Feb |
| Kolkata | 11:14 → 09:43 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 102 min | 11 Feb |
| Singapore | 13:14 → 11:43 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:12 | 95 min | 11 Feb |
| Sydney | 15:44 → 14:13 | 04:01 | 0 min | 04:02 | 84 min | 11 Feb |
| Suva | 17:44 → 16:13 | 04:28 | 0 min | 04:28 | 90 min | 11 Feb |