Dawn of Friday 28 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:37 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:29
05:1305:3706:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:01
0 of 111 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1966
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 392 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Friday 28 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 111 minutes covered
Dawn of Saturday 29 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
111 of 111 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 14:00 on Fri 28 Jan to 15:22 on Sat 29 Jan.
1966-01-28T06:00:17Z → 1966-01-29T07:22:23Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:37–07:29 on the 28th, 05:37–07:28 on the 29th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 28th and 111 of 111 on the 29th.
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 23491 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1966: Saturday 29 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1966 falls on Saturday 29 January. Saptamī runs from 14:00 on Fri 28 Jan to 15:22 on Sat 29 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 29 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 29 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 29 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 28th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:00 → 23:22 | 05:05 | 109 min | 05:04 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Chicago | 00:00 → 01:22 | 05:14 | 113 min | 05:14 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Jersey City | 01:00 → 02:22 | 05:18 | 112 min | 05:18 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 02:00 → 03:22 | 04:51 | 99 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| London | 06:00 → 07:22 | 05:45 | 106 min | 05:44 | 98 min | 28 Jan |
| Durban | 08:00 → 09:22 | 03:58 | 0 min | 03:59 | 83 min | 29 Jan |
| Dubai | 10:00 → 11:22 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:19 | 104 min | 29 Jan |
| Delhi | 11:30 → 12:52 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:25 | 106 min | 29 Jan |
| Kolkata | 11:30 → 12:52 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 103 min | 29 Jan |
| Singapore | 13:30 → 14:52 | 05:10 | 0 min | 05:10 | 96 min | 29 Jan |
| Sydney | 16:00 → 17:22 | 03:51 | 0 min | 03:52 | 81 min | 29 Jan |
| Suva | 18:00 → 19:22 | 04:22 | 0 min | 04:23 | 88 min | 29 Jan |