Dawn of Saturday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:22 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:07
04:5805:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:22
0 of 105 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2040
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 475 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 19 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
105 of 105 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 15:02 on Sat 18 Feb to 16:33 on Sun 19 Feb.
2040-02-18T07:01:34Z → 2040-02-19T08:32:54Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:22–07:07 on the 18th, 05:21–07:06 on the 19th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 105 minutes on the 18th and 105 of 105 on the 19th.
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 28478 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2040: Sunday 19 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2040 falls on Sunday 19 February. Saptamī runs from 15:02 on Sat 18 Feb to 16:33 on Sun 19 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 19 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 19 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 19 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 18th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:02 → 00:33 | 04:51 | 104 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Chicago | 01:02 → 02:33 | 04:56 | 106 min | 04:55 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Jersey City | 02:02 → 03:33 | 05:01 | 106 min | 05:00 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 03:02 → 04:33 | 04:48 | 98 min | 04:48 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| London | 07:02 → 08:33 | 05:19 | 8 min | 05:17 | 110 min | 19 Feb |
| Durban | 09:02 → 10:33 | 04:11 | 0 min | 04:12 | 88 min | 19 Feb |
| Dubai | 11:02 → 12:33 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:10 | 101 min | 19 Feb |
| Delhi | 12:32 → 14:03 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:15 | 102 min | 19 Feb |
| Kolkata | 12:32 → 14:03 | 04:27 | 0 min | 04:26 | 100 min | 19 Feb |
| Singapore | 15:02 → 16:33 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 95 min | 19 Feb |
| Sydney | 18:02 → 19:33 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:07 | 86 min | 19 Feb |
| Suva | 19:02 → 20:33 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 91 min | 19 Feb |