Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2038

Thursday 11 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 59 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two dawns

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.

Dawn of Thursday 11 February

Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.

05:27 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:15
05:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:27

107 of 107 minutes covered

Dawn of Friday 12 February

Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:27 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:14
05:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:27

0 of 107 minutes covered

Saptamī presentAruṇodaya, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 02:06 on Thu 11 Feb to 04:27 on Fri 12 Feb.

    2038-02-10T18:06:11Z → 2038-02-11T20:27:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:27–07:15 on the 11th, 05:27–07:14 on the 12th.

    arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 107 of 107 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 107 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 3543 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2038: Thursday 11 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2038 falls on Thursday 11 February. Saptamī runs from 02:06 on Thu 11 Feb to 04:27 on Fri 12 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/ratha-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/ratha-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīAruṇodaya 10thCoveredAruṇodaya 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:06 → 12:2704:570 min04:56105 min11 Feb
Chicago12:06 → 14:2705:040 min05:03109 min11 Feb
Jersey City13:06 → 15:2705:080 min05:07108 min11 Feb
Port of Spain14:06 → 16:2704:500 min04:5098 min11 Feb
London18:06 → 20:2705:290 min05:28114 min11 Feb
Durban20:06 → 22:2704:070 min04:0786 min11 Feb
Dubai22:06 → 00:2705:140 min05:14102 min11 Feb
Delhi23:36 → 01:5705:200 min05:20103 min11 Feb
Kolkata23:36 → 01:5704:300 min04:30101 min11 Feb
Singapore02:06 → 04:2705:410 min05:4195 min11 Feb
Sydney05:06 → 07:2705:010 min05:0280 min12 Feb
Suva06:06 → 08:2704:280 min04:280 min12 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ratha-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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