Dawn of Monday 5 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
05:33 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:22
05:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:33
109 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1968
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both dawns qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Monday 5 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Dawn of Tuesday 6 February
Qualifies with 87 of 109 minutes. Not taken.
87 of 109 minutes covered, the first 87
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 04:23 on Mon 5 Feb to 06:59 on Tue 6 Feb.
1968-02-04T20:22:42Z → 1968-02-05T22:59:15Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:33–07:22 on the 5th, 05:32–07:21 on the 6th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 5th and 87 of 109 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1323 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1968: Monday 5 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1968 falls on Monday 5 February. Saptamī runs from 04:23 on Mon 5 Feb to 06:59 on Tue 6 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 87 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 5 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 5 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 5 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 4th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:23 → 14:59 | 05:02 | 0 min | 05:01 | 107 min | 5 Feb |
| Chicago | 14:23 → 16:59 | 05:10 | 0 min | 05:09 | 111 min | 5 Feb |
| Jersey City | 15:23 → 17:59 | 05:14 | 0 min | 05:13 | 110 min | 5 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 16:23 → 18:59 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 98 min | 5 Feb |
| London | 20:23 → 22:59 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:37 | 117 min | 5 Feb |
| Durban | 22:23 → 00:59 | 04:02 | 0 min | 04:03 | 85 min | 5 Feb |
| Dubai | 00:23 → 02:59 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:17 | 103 min | 5 Feb |
| Delhi | 01:53 → 04:29 | 05:24 | 0 min | 05:23 | 105 min | 5 Feb |
| Kolkata | 01:53 → 04:29 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:32 | 103 min | 5 Feb |
| Singapore | 03:53 → 06:29 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 96 min | 5 Feb |
| Sydney | 06:23 → 08:59 | 03:56 | 0 min | 03:57 | 0 min | 6 Feb |
| Suva | 08:23 → 10:59 | 04:25 | 0 min | 04:26 | 0 min | 6 Feb |