Wednesday 20 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Saptamī runs from 05:58 on Tue 19 Feb to 07:30 on Wed 20 Feb.

   2002-02-18T21:58:06Z → 2002-02-19T23:30:18Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:20–07:05 on the 19th, 05:19–07:04 on the 20th.

   arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 67 of 105 minutes on the 19th and 105 of 105 on the 20th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both dawns qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1571 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2002: Wednesday 20 February.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2002 falls on Wednesday 20 February. Saptamī runs from 05:58 on Tue 19 Feb to 07:30 on Wed 20 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the previous dawn for 67 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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