Dawn of Tuesday 21 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:40 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:34
05:1605:4006:0406:2806:5207:1607:4008:04
113 of 113 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1964
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 106 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 21 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
113 of 113 minutes covered
Dawn of Wednesday 22 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 113 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 03:55 on Tue 21 Jan to 02:22 on Wed 22 Jan.
1964-01-20T19:54:44Z → 1964-01-21T18:22:16Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:40–07:34 on the 21st, 05:40–07:33 on the 22nd.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 113 of 113 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 113 on the 22nd.
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 6334 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1964: Tuesday 21 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1964 falls on Tuesday 21 January. Saptamī runs from 03:55 on Tue 21 Jan to 02:22 on Wed 22 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 21 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 21 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 21 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 20th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:55 → 10:22 | 05:07 | 0 min | 05:07 | 110 min | 21 Jan |
| Chicago | 13:55 → 12:22 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:18 | 115 min | 21 Jan |
| Jersey City | 14:55 → 13:22 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:22 | 114 min | 21 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 15:55 → 14:22 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:50 | 99 min | 21 Jan |
| London | 19:55 → 18:22 | 05:52 | 0 min | 05:51 | 124 min | 21 Jan |
| Durban | 21:55 → 20:22 | 03:52 | 0 min | 03:52 | 82 min | 21 Jan |
| Dubai | 23:55 → 22:22 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 106 min | 21 Jan |
| Delhi | 01:25 → 23:52 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:27 | 107 min | 21 Jan |
| Kolkata | 01:25 → 23:52 | 04:35 | 0 min | 04:35 | 104 min | 21 Jan |
| Singapore | 03:25 → 01:52 | 05:08 | 0 min | 05:09 | 96 min | 21 Jan |
| Sydney | 05:55 → 04:22 | 03:44 | 0 min | 03:45 | 0 min | 22 Jan |
| Suva | 07:55 → 06:22 | 04:18 | 0 min | 04:18 | 0 min | 22 Jan |