Dawn of Saturday 23 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:39 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:32
05:1505:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03
0 of 113 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1999
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 525 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 23 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 113 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 24 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
112 of 112 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 18:11 on Sat 23 Jan to 16:17 on Sun 24 Jan.
1999-01-23T10:11:27Z → 1999-01-24T08:16:42Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:39–07:32 on the 23rd, 05:39–07:31 on the 24th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 113 minutes on the 23rd and 112 of 112 on the 24th.
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 31516 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1999: Sunday 24 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1999 falls on Sunday 24 January. Saptamī runs from 18:11 on Sat 23 Jan to 16:17 on Sun 24 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 24 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 24 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 24 Jan |
| 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 23rd | Covered | Aruṇodaya 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:11 → 00:17 | 05:06 | 110 min | 05:06 | 0 min | 23 Jan |
| Chicago | 04:11 → 02:17 | 05:17 | 115 min | 05:16 | 0 min | 23 Jan |
| Jersey City | 05:11 → 03:17 | 05:21 | 114 min | 05:20 | 0 min | 23 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 06:11 → 04:17 | 04:51 | 18 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 23 Jan |
| London | 10:11 → 08:17 | 05:49 | 0 min | 05:49 | 122 min | 24 Jan |
| Durban | 12:11 → 10:17 | 03:54 | 0 min | 03:55 | 83 min | 24 Jan |
| Dubai | 14:11 → 12:17 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 105 min | 24 Jan |
| Delhi | 15:41 → 13:47 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:27 | 107 min | 24 Jan |
| Kolkata | 15:41 → 13:47 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 104 min | 24 Jan |
| Singapore | 18:11 → 16:17 | 05:39 | 0 min | 05:39 | 96 min | 24 Jan |
| Sydney | 21:11 → 19:17 | 04:47 | 0 min | 04:48 | 80 min | 24 Jan |
| Suva | 23:11 → 21:17 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 88 min | 24 Jan |