Dawn of Saturday 12 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:27 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:15
05:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:27
107 of 107 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2000
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 470 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 12 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
107 of 107 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 13 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 107 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 21:38 on Fri 11 Feb to 20:13 on Sat 12 Feb.
2000-02-11T13:37:43Z → 2000-02-12T12:12:35Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:27–07:15 on the 12th, 05:26–07:13 on the 13th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 107 of 107 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 107 on the 13th.
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 28171 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2000: Saturday 12 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2000 falls on Saturday 12 February. Saptamī runs from 21:38 on Fri 11 Feb to 20:13 on Sat 12 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 12 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 12 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 12 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 11th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:38 → 04:13 | 04:57 | 65 min | 04:56 | 0 min | 11 Feb |
| Chicago | 07:38 → 06:13 | 05:04 | 0 min | 05:03 | 70 min | 12 Feb |
| Jersey City | 08:38 → 07:13 | 05:08 | 0 min | 05:07 | 108 min | 12 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 09:38 → 08:13 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:50 | 98 min | 12 Feb |
| London | 13:38 → 12:13 | 05:29 | 0 min | 05:28 | 114 min | 12 Feb |
| Durban | 15:38 → 14:13 | 04:07 | 0 min | 04:07 | 86 min | 12 Feb |
| Dubai | 17:38 → 16:13 | 05:14 | 0 min | 05:14 | 102 min | 12 Feb |
| Delhi | 19:08 → 17:43 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:19 | 103 min | 12 Feb |
| Kolkata | 19:08 → 17:43 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 101 min | 12 Feb |
| Singapore | 21:38 → 20:13 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 95 min | 12 Feb |
| Sydney | 00:38 → 23:13 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:02 | 85 min | 12 Feb |
| Suva | 02:38 → 01:13 | 05:28 | 0 min | 05:28 | 90 min | 12 Feb |