Dawn of Thursday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:21 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:06
04:5705:2105:4506:0906:3306:5707:21
0 of 105 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2021
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 222 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Dawn of Friday 19 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
105 of 105 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 10:48 on Thu 18 Feb to 13:29 on Fri 19 Feb.
2021-02-18T02:48:10Z → 2021-02-19T05:28:40Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:21–07:06 on the 18th, 05:20–07:05 on the 19th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 105 minutes on the 18th and 105 of 105 on the 19th.
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 13319 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2021: Friday 19 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2021 falls on Friday 19 February. Saptamī runs from 10:48 on Thu 18 Feb to 13:29 on Fri 19 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 19 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 19 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 19 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 18th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:48 → 21:29 | 04:51 | 103 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Chicago | 20:48 → 23:29 | 04:56 | 106 min | 04:55 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Jersey City | 21:48 → 00:29 | 05:00 | 106 min | 04:59 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 22:48 → 01:29 | 04:48 | 97 min | 04:48 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| London | 02:48 → 05:29 | 05:18 | 111 min | 05:16 | 12 min | 18 Feb |
| Durban | 04:48 → 07:29 | 04:11 | 51 min | 04:12 | 88 min | 19 Feb |
| Dubai | 06:48 → 09:29 | 05:10 | 3 min | 05:10 | 101 min | 19 Feb |
| Delhi | 08:18 → 10:59 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:14 | 102 min | 19 Feb |
| Kolkata | 08:18 → 10:59 | 04:26 | 0 min | 04:26 | 100 min | 19 Feb |
| Singapore | 10:48 → 13:29 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 95 min | 19 Feb |
| Sydney | 13:48 → 16:29 | 05:07 | 0 min | 05:08 | 87 min | 19 Feb |
| Suva | 14:48 → 17:29 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:31 | 91 min | 19 Feb |