Dawn of Saturday 9 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
05:29 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:17
05:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29
108 of 108 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2030
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 Saturday 9 February
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
108 of 108 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 10 February
Qualifies with 61 of 108 minutes. Not taken.
61 of 108 minutes covered, the first 61
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 03:58 on Sat 9 Feb to 06:30 on Sun 10 Feb.
2030-02-08T19:57:42Z → 2030-02-09T22:29:35Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:29–07:17 on the 9th, 05:28–07:16 on the 10th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 9th and 61 of 108 on the 10th.
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 2781 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2030: Saturday 9 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2030 falls on Saturday 9 February. Saptamī runs from 03:58 on Sat 9 Feb to 06:30 on Sun 10 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 61 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 | Sat 9 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 9 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 9 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 8th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:58 → 14:30 | 04:58 | 0 min | 04:58 | 106 min | 9 Feb |
| Chicago | 13:58 → 16:30 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:05 | 109 min | 9 Feb |
| Jersey City | 14:58 → 17:30 | 05:10 | 0 min | 05:09 | 109 min | 9 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 15:58 → 18:30 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:50 | 98 min | 9 Feb |
| London | 19:58 → 22:30 | 05:32 | 0 min | 05:31 | 115 min | 9 Feb |
| Durban | 21:58 → 00:30 | 04:05 | 0 min | 04:06 | 86 min | 9 Feb |
| Dubai | 23:58 → 02:30 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:15 | 103 min | 9 Feb |
| Delhi | 01:28 → 04:00 | 05:21 | 0 min | 05:21 | 104 min | 9 Feb |
| Kolkata | 01:28 → 04:00 | 04:31 | 0 min | 04:30 | 102 min | 9 Feb |
| Singapore | 03:58 → 06:30 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 9 Feb |
| Sydney | 06:58 → 09:30 | 05:00 | 0 min | 05:01 | 0 min | 10 Feb |
| Suva | 07:58 → 10:30 | 04:27 | 0 min | 04:27 | 0 min | 10 Feb |