Dawn of Monday 13 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:26 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:13
05:0205:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:26
0 of 107 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1978
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 514 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Monday 13 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 107 minutes covered
Dawn of Tuesday 14 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
107 of 107 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 15:47 on Mon 13 Feb to 17:14 on Tue 14 Feb.
1978-02-13T07:47:01Z → 1978-02-14T09:13:37Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:26–07:13 on the 13th, 05:25–07:12 on the 14th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 107 minutes on the 13th and 107 of 107 on the 14th.
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 30838 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1978: Tuesday 14 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1978 falls on Tuesday 14 February. Saptamī runs from 15:47 on Mon 13 Feb to 17:14 on Tue 14 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 14 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 14 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 14 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 13th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:47 → 01:14 | 04:55 | 105 min | 04:55 | 0 min | 13 Feb |
| Chicago | 01:47 → 03:14 | 05:02 | 108 min | 05:01 | 0 min | 13 Feb |
| Jersey City | 02:47 → 04:14 | 05:06 | 108 min | 05:05 | 0 min | 13 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 03:47 → 05:14 | 04:49 | 98 min | 04:49 | 24 min | 13 Feb |
| London | 07:47 → 09:14 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:25 | 113 min | 14 Feb |
| Durban | 09:47 → 11:14 | 04:08 | 0 min | 04:09 | 87 min | 14 Feb |
| Dubai | 11:47 → 13:14 | 05:13 | 0 min | 05:13 | 102 min | 14 Feb |
| Delhi | 13:17 → 14:44 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:18 | 103 min | 14 Feb |
| Kolkata | 13:17 → 14:44 | 04:29 | 0 min | 04:29 | 101 min | 14 Feb |
| Singapore | 15:17 → 16:44 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 95 min | 14 Feb |
| Sydney | 18:47 → 20:14 | 05:03 | 0 min | 05:04 | 85 min | 14 Feb |
| Suva | 19:47 → 21:14 | 04:29 | 0 min | 04:29 | 90 min | 14 Feb |