Dawn of Wednesday 4 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:33 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:23
05:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:33
0 of 110 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1987
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 201 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 4 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 110 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 5 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 10:44 on Wed 4 Feb to 11:37 on Thu 5 Feb.
1987-02-04T02:44:06Z → 1987-02-05T03:37:30Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:33–07:23 on the 4th, 05:33–07:22 on the 5th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 110 minutes on the 4th and 109 of 109 on the 5th.
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 12077 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1987: Thursday 5 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1987 falls on Thursday 5 February. Saptamī runs from 10:44 on Wed 4 Feb to 11:37 on Thu 5 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 5 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 5 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 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 | 18:44 → 19:37 | 05:01 | 107 min | 05:01 | 0 min | 4 Feb |
| Chicago | 20:44 → 21:37 | 05:10 | 111 min | 05:09 | 0 min | 4 Feb |
| Jersey City | 21:44 → 22:37 | 05:14 | 110 min | 05:13 | 0 min | 4 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 22:44 → 23:37 | 04:51 | 99 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 4 Feb |
| London | 02:44 → 03:37 | 05:38 | 118 min | 05:36 | 0 min | 4 Feb |
| Durban | 04:44 → 05:37 | 04:02 | 43 min | 04:03 | 85 min | 5 Feb |
| Dubai | 06:44 → 07:37 | 05:17 | 17 min | 05:17 | 103 min | 5 Feb |
| Delhi | 08:14 → 09:07 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:23 | 105 min | 5 Feb |
| Kolkata | 08:14 → 09:07 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:32 | 102 min | 5 Feb |
| Singapore | 10:44 → 11:37 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 5 Feb |
| Sydney | 13:44 → 14:37 | 04:56 | 0 min | 04:57 | 83 min | 5 Feb |
| Suva | 14:44 → 15:37 | 04:25 | 0 min | 04:26 | 89 min | 5 Feb |