Dawn of Wednesday 5 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:32 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:21
05:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:32
0 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2014
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 448 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 5 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 109 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 6 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 14:49 on Wed 5 Feb to 14:59 on Thu 6 Feb.
2014-02-05T06:49:12Z → 2014-02-06T06:58:51Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:32–07:21 on the 5th, 05:31–07:20 on the 6th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 109 minutes on the 5th and 109 of 109 on the 6th.
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 26872 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2014: Thursday 6 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2014 falls on Thursday 6 February. Saptamī runs from 14:49 on Wed 5 Feb to 14:59 on Thu 6 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 6 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 6 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 6 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 5th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:49 → 22:59 | 05:00 | 107 min | 05:00 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Chicago | 00:49 → 00:59 | 05:08 | 111 min | 05:08 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Jersey City | 01:49 → 01:59 | 05:12 | 110 min | 05:12 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 02:49 → 02:59 | 04:51 | 98 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 5 Feb |
| London | 06:49 → 06:59 | 05:36 | 44 min | 05:35 | 84 min | 6 Feb |
| Durban | 08:49 → 08:59 | 04:03 | 0 min | 04:04 | 85 min | 6 Feb |
| Dubai | 10:49 → 10:59 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:16 | 103 min | 6 Feb |
| Delhi | 12:19 → 12:29 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:22 | 104 min | 6 Feb |
| Kolkata | 12:19 → 12:29 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:32 | 102 min | 6 Feb |
| Singapore | 14:49 → 14:59 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 6 Feb |
| Sydney | 17:49 → 17:59 | 04:58 | 0 min | 04:58 | 83 min | 6 Feb |
| Suva | 18:49 → 18:59 | 04:26 | 0 min | 04:26 | 89 min | 6 Feb |