Dawn of Monday 7 February
Qualifies with 11 of 109 minutes. Not taken.
05:31 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:19
Saptamī begins 07:08:29
05:0705:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:31
11 of 109 minutes covered, the last 11
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2022
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both dawns qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Monday 7 February
Qualifies with 11 of 109 minutes. Not taken.
11 of 109 minutes covered, the last 11
Dawn of Tuesday 8 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
108 of 108 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:08 on Mon 7 Feb to 08:47 on Tue 8 Feb.
2022-02-06T23:08:29Z → 2022-02-08T00:46:31Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:31–07:19 on the 7th, 05:30–07:18 on the 8th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 11 of 109 minutes on the 7th and 108 of 108 on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 645 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2022: Tuesday 8 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2022 falls on Tuesday 8 February. Saptamī runs from 07:08 on Mon 7 Feb to 08:47 on Tue 8 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the previous dawn for 11 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 8 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 8 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 8 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 6th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:08 → 16:47 | 05:00 | 0 min | 04:58 | 0 min | 7 Feb |
| Chicago | 17:08 → 18:47 | 05:08 | 0 min | 05:06 | 0 min | 7 Feb |
| Jersey City | 18:08 → 19:47 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:10 | 0 min | 7 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 19:08 → 20:47 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 7 Feb |
| London | 23:08 → 00:47 | 05:35 | 0 min | 05:32 | 0 min | 7 Feb |
| Durban | 01:08 → 02:47 | 04:04 | 0 min | 04:05 | 0 min | 7 Feb |
| Dubai | 03:08 → 04:47 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:15 | 0 min | 7 Feb |
| Delhi | 04:38 → 06:17 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:21 | 55 min | 7 Feb |
| Kolkata | 04:38 → 06:17 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:31 | 102 min | 8 Feb |
| Singapore | 07:08 → 08:47 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 8 Feb |
| Sydney | 10:08 → 11:47 | 04:58 | 0 min | 05:00 | 84 min | 8 Feb |
| Suva | 11:08 → 12:47 | 04:26 | 0 min | 04:27 | 90 min | 8 Feb |