Dawn of Monday 6 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
05:32 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:21
Saptamī begins 05:23:15
05:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:32
109 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1995
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 6 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Dawn of Tuesday 7 February
Qualifies with 109 of 109 minutes. Not taken.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 05:23 on Mon 6 Feb to 07:38 on Tue 7 Feb.
1995-02-05T21:23:15Z → 1995-02-06T23:37:39Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:32–07:21 on the 6th, 05:31–07:20 on the 7th.
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 6th and 109 of 109 on the 7th.
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 509 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1995: Monday 6 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1995 falls on Monday 6 February. Saptamī runs from 05:23 on Mon 6 Feb to 07:38 on Tue 7 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 109 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 6 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 6 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 6 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 5th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:23 → 15:38 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:00 | 107 min | 6 Feb |
| Chicago | 15:23 → 17:38 | 05:09 | 0 min | 05:08 | 110 min | 6 Feb |
| Jersey City | 16:23 → 18:38 | 05:13 | 0 min | 05:12 | 110 min | 6 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 17:23 → 19:38 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 98 min | 6 Feb |
| London | 21:23 → 23:38 | 05:36 | 0 min | 05:35 | 117 min | 6 Feb |
| Durban | 23:23 → 01:38 | 04:03 | 0 min | 04:04 | 85 min | 6 Feb |
| Dubai | 01:23 → 03:38 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:16 | 103 min | 6 Feb |
| Delhi | 02:53 → 05:08 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:22 | 105 min | 6 Feb |
| Kolkata | 02:53 → 05:08 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:32 | 102 min | 6 Feb |
| Singapore | 05:23 → 07:38 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 6 Feb |
| Sydney | 08:23 → 10:38 | 04:57 | 0 min | 04:58 | 0 min | 7 Feb |
| Suva | 09:23 → 11:38 | 04:26 | 0 min | 04:26 | 0 min | 7 Feb |