Dawn of Wednesday 27 January
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
05:38 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:29
Saptamī begins 05:14:45
05:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02
112 of 112 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2072
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both dawns qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 27 January
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
112 of 112 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 28 January
Qualifies with 44 of 111 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 111 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 05:15 on Wed 27 Jan to 06:21 on Thu 28 Jan.
2072-01-26T21:14:46Z → 2072-01-27T22:21:12Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:38–07:29 on the 27th, 05:37–07:28 on the 28th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 112 of 112 minutes on the 27th and 44 of 111 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1366 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2072: Wednesday 27 January.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2072 falls on Wednesday 27 January. Saptamī runs from 05:15 on Wed 27 Jan to 06:21 on Thu 28 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 44 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 27 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 27 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 27 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 26th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:15 → 14:21 | 05:05 | 0 min | 05:05 | 109 min | 27 Jan |
| Chicago | 15:15 → 16:21 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:15 | 113 min | 27 Jan |
| Jersey City | 16:15 → 17:21 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:19 | 113 min | 27 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 17:15 → 18:21 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 27 Jan |
| London | 21:15 → 22:21 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:46 | 121 min | 27 Jan |
| Durban | 23:15 → 00:21 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:57 | 83 min | 27 Jan |
| Dubai | 01:15 → 02:21 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:19 | 105 min | 27 Jan |
| Delhi | 02:45 → 03:51 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:26 | 106 min | 27 Jan |
| Kolkata | 02:45 → 03:51 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 104 min | 27 Jan |
| Singapore | 05:15 → 06:21 | 05:40 | 0 min | 05:40 | 96 min | 27 Jan |
| Sydney | 08:15 → 09:21 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Suva | 09:15 → 10:21 | 04:21 | 0 min | 04:22 | 0 min | 28 Jan |