Dawn of Tuesday 21 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:40 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:33
05:1605:4006:0406:2806:5207:1607:4008:04
0 of 113 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2048
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 455 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 21 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 113 minutes covered
Dawn of Wednesday 22 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
113 of 113 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 15:08 on Tue 21 Jan to 16:52 on Wed 22 Jan.
2048-01-21T07:07:48Z → 2048-01-22T08:51:37Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:40–07:33 on the 21st, 05:40–07:33 on the 22nd.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 113 minutes on the 21st and 113 of 113 on the 22nd.
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 27283 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2048: Wednesday 22 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2048 falls on Wednesday 22 January. Saptamī runs from 15:08 on Tue 21 Jan to 16:52 on Wed 22 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 22 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 22 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 22 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 21st | Covered | Aruṇodaya 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:08 → 00:52 | 05:07 | 110 min | 05:06 | 0 min | 21 Jan |
| Chicago | 01:08 → 02:52 | 05:18 | 115 min | 05:17 | 0 min | 21 Jan |
| Jersey City | 02:08 → 03:52 | 05:21 | 114 min | 05:21 | 0 min | 21 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 03:08 → 04:52 | 04:50 | 99 min | 04:50 | 1 min | 21 Jan |
| London | 07:08 → 08:52 | 05:51 | 46 min | 05:50 | 123 min | 22 Jan |
| Durban | 09:08 → 10:52 | 03:53 | 0 min | 03:53 | 82 min | 22 Jan |
| Dubai | 11:08 → 12:52 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 105 min | 22 Jan |
| Delhi | 12:38 → 14:22 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:27 | 107 min | 22 Jan |
| Kolkata | 12:38 → 14:22 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 104 min | 22 Jan |
| Singapore | 15:08 → 16:52 | 05:39 | 0 min | 05:39 | 96 min | 22 Jan |
| Sydney | 18:08 → 19:52 | 04:46 | 0 min | 04:46 | 80 min | 22 Jan |
| Suva | 19:08 → 20:52 | 04:19 | 0 min | 04:19 | 88 min | 22 Jan |