Dawn of Thursday 26 January
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither dawn; this is the day it falls on.
05:38 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:30
Saptamī begins 07:32:43
05:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02
0 of 112 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2034
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Saptamī reaches aruṇodaya on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 26 January
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither dawn; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 112 minutes covered
Dawn of Friday 27 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 112 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:33 on Thu 26 Jan to 05:32 on Fri 27 Jan.
2034-01-25T23:32:44Z → 2034-01-26T21:31:48Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:38–07:30 on the 26th, 05:37–07:29 on the 27th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 112 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 112 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither dawn qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 183 s < 300 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2034: Thursday 26 January.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2034 falls on Thursday 26 January. Saptamī runs from 07:33 on Thu 26 Jan to 05:32 on Fri 27 Jan, and reaches aruṇodaya on neither day. It is 3 min 03 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 26 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 26 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 26 Jan |
| 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 25th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:33 → 13:32 | 05:05 | 0 min | 05:05 | 109 min | 26 Jan |
| Chicago | 17:33 → 15:32 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:15 | 114 min | 26 Jan |
| Jersey City | 18:33 → 16:32 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:19 | 113 min | 26 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 19:33 → 17:32 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 26 Jan |
| London | 23:33 → 21:32 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:46 | 121 min | 26 Jan |
| Durban | 01:33 → 23:32 | 03:56 | 0 min | 03:57 | 83 min | 26 Jan |
| Dubai | 03:33 → 01:32 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:19 | 105 min | 26 Jan |
| Delhi | 05:03 → 03:02 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:26 | 106 min | 26 Jan |
| Kolkata | 05:03 → 03:02 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 75 min | 26 Jan |
| Singapore | 07:33 → 05:32 | 05:40 | 0 min | 05:40 | 0 min | 26 Jan |
| Sydney | 10:33 → 08:32 | 04:49 | 0 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 27 Jan |
| Suva | 11:33 → 09:32 | 04:21 | 0 min | 04:21 | 0 min | 27 Jan |