Dawn of Saturday 1 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:35 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:25
05:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59
110 of 110 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2020
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 533 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 1 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 2 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 18:22 on Fri 31 Jan to 20:41 on Sat 1 Feb.
2020-01-31T10:22:09Z → 2020-02-01T12:41:12Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:35–07:25 on the 1st, 05:34–07:25 on the 2nd.
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 1st and 0 of 110 on the 2nd.
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 31992 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2020: Saturday 1 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2020 falls on Saturday 1 February. Saptamī runs from 18:22 on Fri 31 Jan to 20:41 on Sat 1 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 1 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 1 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 1 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 31st | Covered | Aruṇodaya 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:22 → 04:41 | 05:03 | 108 min | 05:03 | 0 min | 31 Jan |
| Chicago | 04:22 → 06:41 | 05:12 | 112 min | 05:12 | 89 min | 31 Jan |
| Jersey City | 05:22 → 07:41 | 05:16 | 106 min | 05:16 | 111 min | 1 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 06:22 → 08:41 | 04:51 | 8 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 1 Feb |
| London | 10:22 → 12:41 | 05:42 | 0 min | 05:41 | 119 min | 1 Feb |
| Durban | 12:22 → 14:41 | 04:00 | 0 min | 04:00 | 84 min | 1 Feb |
| Dubai | 14:22 → 16:41 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:18 | 104 min | 1 Feb |
| Delhi | 15:52 → 18:11 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:24 | 105 min | 1 Feb |
| Kolkata | 15:52 → 18:11 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:33 | 103 min | 1 Feb |
| Singapore | 18:22 → 20:41 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 1 Feb |
| Sydney | 21:22 → 23:41 | 04:53 | 0 min | 04:54 | 82 min | 1 Feb |
| Suva | 22:22 → 00:41 | 04:23 | 0 min | 04:24 | 89 min | 1 Feb |