Dawn of Saturday 4 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:33 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:22
05:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:33
110 of 110 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2006
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 90 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 4 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 5 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 04:03 on Sat 4 Feb to 02:50 on Sun 5 Feb.
2006-02-03T20:03:02Z → 2006-02-04T18:50:02Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:33–07:22 on the 4th, 05:32–07:21 on the 5th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 110 of 110 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 109 on the 5th.
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 5391 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2006: Saturday 4 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2006 falls on Saturday 4 February. Saptamī runs from 04:03 on Sat 4 Feb to 02:50 on Sun 5 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 4 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 4 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 4 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 3rd | Covered | Aruṇodaya 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:03 → 10:50 | 05:02 | 0 min | 05:01 | 107 min | 4 Feb |
| Chicago | 14:03 → 12:50 | 05:10 | 0 min | 05:09 | 111 min | 4 Feb |
| Jersey City | 15:03 → 13:50 | 05:14 | 0 min | 05:13 | 110 min | 4 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 16:03 → 14:50 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 98 min | 4 Feb |
| London | 20:03 → 18:50 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:37 | 118 min | 4 Feb |
| Durban | 22:03 → 20:50 | 04:02 | 0 min | 04:03 | 85 min | 4 Feb |
| Dubai | 00:03 → 22:50 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:17 | 103 min | 4 Feb |
| Delhi | 01:33 → 00:20 | 05:24 | 0 min | 05:23 | 105 min | 4 Feb |
| Kolkata | 01:33 → 00:20 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:32 | 103 min | 4 Feb |
| Singapore | 04:03 → 02:50 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 4 Feb |
| Sydney | 07:03 → 05:50 | 04:56 | 0 min | 04:57 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Suva | 08:03 → 06:50 | 04:25 | 0 min | 04:25 | 0 min | 5 Feb |