Dawn of Saturday 8 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
05:30 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:19
05:0605:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:30
108 of 108 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2003
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 Saturday 8 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
108 of 108 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 9 February
Qualifies with 24 of 108 minutes. Not taken.
24 of 108 minutes covered, the first 24
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 03:12 on Sat 8 Feb to 05:53 on Sun 9 Feb.
2003-02-07T19:11:50Z → 2003-02-08T21:53:04Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:30–07:19 on the 8th, 05:29–07:18 on the 9th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 8th and 24 of 108 on the 9th.
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 1417 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2003: Saturday 8 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2003 falls on Saturday 8 February. Saptamī runs from 03:12 on Sat 8 Feb to 05:53 on Sun 9 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 24 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 | Sat 8 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 8 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 8 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 7th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:12 → 13:53 | 04:59 | 0 min | 04:59 | 106 min | 8 Feb |
| Chicago | 13:12 → 15:53 | 05:07 | 0 min | 05:06 | 110 min | 8 Feb |
| Jersey City | 14:12 → 16:53 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:10 | 109 min | 8 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 15:12 → 17:53 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:50 | 98 min | 8 Feb |
| London | 19:12 → 21:53 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:33 | 116 min | 8 Feb |
| Durban | 21:12 → 23:53 | 04:04 | 0 min | 04:05 | 85 min | 8 Feb |
| Dubai | 23:12 → 01:53 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:16 | 103 min | 8 Feb |
| Delhi | 00:42 → 03:23 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:21 | 104 min | 8 Feb |
| Kolkata | 00:42 → 03:23 | 04:31 | 0 min | 04:31 | 102 min | 8 Feb |
| Singapore | 03:12 → 05:53 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 8 Feb |
| Sydney | 06:12 → 08:53 | 04:59 | 0 min | 05:00 | 11 min | 9 Feb |
| Suva | 07:12 → 09:53 | 04:27 | 0 min | 04:27 | 0 min | 9 Feb |