Dawn of Saturday 16 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:23 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:09
04:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:23
0 of 106 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2013
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 358 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 16 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 106 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 17 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 13:07 on Sat 16 Feb to 15:16 on Sun 17 Feb.
2013-02-16T05:06:52Z → 2013-02-17T07:15:59Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:23–07:09 on the 16th, 05:22–07:08 on the 17th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 106 minutes on the 16th and 106 of 106 on the 17th.
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 21487 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2013: Sunday 17 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2013 falls on Sunday 17 February. Saptamī runs from 13:07 on Sat 16 Feb to 15:16 on Sun 17 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 17 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 17 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 17 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 16th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:07 → 23:16 | 04:53 | 104 min | 04:52 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Chicago | 23:07 → 01:16 | 04:58 | 107 min | 04:57 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Jersey City | 00:07 → 02:16 | 05:03 | 106 min | 05:02 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 01:07 → 03:16 | 04:49 | 98 min | 04:48 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| London | 05:07 → 07:16 | 05:21 | 112 min | 05:20 | 111 min | 16 Feb |
| Durban | 07:07 → 09:16 | 04:10 | 0 min | 04:11 | 88 min | 17 Feb |
| Dubai | 09:07 → 11:16 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 101 min | 17 Feb |
| Delhi | 10:37 → 12:46 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:16 | 102 min | 17 Feb |
| Kolkata | 10:37 → 12:46 | 04:27 | 0 min | 04:27 | 101 min | 17 Feb |
| Singapore | 13:07 → 15:16 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 95 min | 17 Feb |
| Sydney | 16:07 → 18:16 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:06 | 86 min | 17 Feb |
| Suva | 17:07 → 19:16 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 91 min | 17 Feb |