Dawn of Monday 8 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:30 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:19
Saptamī begins 06:06:19
05:0605:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:30
72 of 108 minutes covered, the last 72
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1965
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 15 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Monday 8 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
72 of 108 minutes covered, the last 72
Dawn of Tuesday 9 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 108 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:06 on Mon 8 Feb to 05:25 on Tue 9 Feb.
1965-02-07T22:06:20Z → 1965-02-08T21:25:06Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:30–07:19 on the 8th, 05:29–07:17 on the 9th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 72 of 108 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 108 on the 9th.
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 255 s < 300 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1965: Monday 8 February.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1965 falls on Monday 8 February. Saptamī runs from 06:06 on Mon 8 Feb to 05:25 on Tue 9 Feb and covers 72 of 108 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn. It is 4 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 8 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 8 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 8 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 7th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:06 → 13:25 | 04:59 | 0 min | 04:59 | 106 min | 8 Feb |
| Chicago | 16:06 → 15:25 | 05:07 | 0 min | 05:06 | 110 min | 8 Feb |
| Jersey City | 17:06 → 16:25 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:10 | 109 min | 8 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 18:06 → 17:25 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:50 | 98 min | 8 Feb |
| London | 22:06 → 21:25 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:32 | 116 min | 8 Feb |
| Durban | 00:06 → 23:25 | 04:05 | 0 min | 04:05 | 85 min | 8 Feb |
| Dubai | 02:06 → 01:25 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:16 | 103 min | 8 Feb |
| Delhi | 03:36 → 02:55 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:21 | 104 min | 8 Feb |
| Kolkata | 03:36 → 02:55 | 04:31 | 0 min | 04:31 | 102 min | 8 Feb |
| Singapore | 05:36 → 04:55 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 71 min | 8 Feb |
| Sydney | 08:06 → 07:25 | 03:59 | 0 min | 04:00 | 0 min | 9 Feb |
| Suva | 10:06 → 09:25 | 04:27 | 0 min | 04:27 | 0 min | 9 Feb |