Dawn of Tuesday 10 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:28 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:16
05:0405:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:28
0 of 108 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1981
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 458 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 10 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 108 minutes covered
Dawn of Wednesday 11 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
107 of 107 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 17:08 on Tue 10 Feb to 14:53 on Wed 11 Feb.
1981-02-10T09:07:58Z → 1981-02-11T06:52:42Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:28–07:16 on the 10th, 05:28–07:15 on the 11th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 108 minutes on the 10th and 107 of 107 on the 11th.
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 27458 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1981: Wednesday 11 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1981 falls on Wednesday 11 February. Saptamī runs from 17:08 on Tue 10 Feb to 14:53 on Wed 11 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 11 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 11 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 11 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 10th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:08 → 22:53 | 04:57 | 106 min | 04:57 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| Chicago | 03:08 → 00:53 | 05:04 | 109 min | 05:03 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| Jersey City | 04:08 → 01:53 | 05:08 | 108 min | 05:08 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 05:08 → 02:53 | 04:50 | 80 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| London | 09:08 → 06:53 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:28 | 84 min | 11 Feb |
| Durban | 11:08 → 08:53 | 04:07 | 0 min | 04:07 | 86 min | 11 Feb |
| Dubai | 13:08 → 10:53 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:14 | 102 min | 11 Feb |
| Delhi | 14:38 → 12:23 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 103 min | 11 Feb |
| Kolkata | 14:38 → 12:23 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 102 min | 11 Feb |
| Singapore | 16:38 → 14:23 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 95 min | 11 Feb |
| Sydney | 20:08 → 17:53 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:02 | 84 min | 11 Feb |
| Suva | 21:08 → 18:53 | 04:28 | 0 min | 04:28 | 90 min | 11 Feb |