Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2066

Monday 1 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 291 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two dawns

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

Dawn of Monday 1 February

Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.

05:35 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:25
05:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59

110 of 110 minutes covered

Dawn of Tuesday 2 February

Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:34 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:24
05:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

0 of 110 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 23:05 on Sun 31 Jan to 00:43 on Tue 2 Feb.

    2066-01-31T15:04:33Z → 2066-02-01T16:42:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:35–07:25 on the 1st, 05:34–07:24 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 110 of 110 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 110 on the 2nd.

    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 17481 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2066: Monday 1 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2066 falls on Monday 1 February. Saptamī runs from 23:05 on Sun 31 Jan to 00:43 on Tue 2 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2066/ratha-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 1 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 1 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 1 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 31stCoveredAruṇodaya 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:05 → 08:4305:030 min05:02108 min1 Feb
Chicago09:05 → 10:4305:120 min05:11112 min1 Feb
Jersey City10:05 → 11:4305:160 min05:15111 min1 Feb
Port of Spain11:05 → 12:4304:510 min04:5199 min1 Feb
London15:05 → 16:4305:410 min05:40119 min1 Feb
Durban17:05 → 18:4304:000 min04:0184 min1 Feb
Dubai19:05 → 20:4305:180 min05:18104 min1 Feb
Delhi20:35 → 22:1305:240 min05:24105 min1 Feb
Kolkata20:35 → 22:1304:330 min04:33103 min1 Feb
Singapore23:05 → 00:4305:410 min05:4196 min1 Feb
Sydney02:05 → 03:4304:540 min04:5582 min1 Feb
Suva03:05 → 04:4304:240 min04:2489 min1 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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