Dawn of Wednesday 2 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:34 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:25
05:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58
0 of 110 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2028
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 379 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 2 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 110 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 3 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 13:43 on Wed 2 Feb to 14:52 on Thu 3 Feb.
2028-02-02T05:43:17Z → 2028-02-03T06:51:58Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:34–07:25 on the 2nd, 05:34–07:24 on the 3rd.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 110 minutes on the 2nd and 110 of 110 on the 3rd.
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 22726 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2028: Thursday 3 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2028 falls on Thursday 3 February. Saptamī runs from 13:43 on Wed 2 Feb to 14:52 on Thu 3 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 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 2nd | Covered | Aruṇodaya 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:43 → 22:52 | 05:02 | 108 min | 05:02 | 0 min | 2 Feb |
| Chicago | 23:43 → 00:52 | 05:11 | 112 min | 05:10 | 0 min | 2 Feb |
| Jersey City | 00:43 → 01:52 | 05:15 | 111 min | 05:14 | 0 min | 2 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 01:43 → 02:52 | 04:51 | 99 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 2 Feb |
| London | 05:43 → 06:52 | 05:40 | 115 min | 05:39 | 73 min | 2 Feb |
| Durban | 07:43 → 08:52 | 04:01 | 0 min | 04:02 | 84 min | 3 Feb |
| Dubai | 09:43 → 10:52 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:17 | 104 min | 3 Feb |
| Delhi | 11:13 → 12:22 | 05:24 | 0 min | 05:24 | 105 min | 3 Feb |
| Kolkata | 11:13 → 12:22 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:33 | 103 min | 3 Feb |
| Singapore | 13:43 → 14:52 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 3 Feb |
| Sydney | 16:43 → 17:52 | 04:55 | 0 min | 04:56 | 82 min | 3 Feb |
| Suva | 17:43 → 18:52 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:25 | 89 min | 3 Feb |