Dawn of Wednesday 31 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:35 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:25
05:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59
0 of 110 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2085
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 190 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 31 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 110 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 1 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 11:08 on Wed 31 Jan to 10:35 on Thu 1 Feb.
2085-01-31T03:08:10Z → 2085-02-01T02:34:54Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:35–07:25 on the 31st, 05:34–07:24 on the 1st.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 110 minutes on the 31st and 110 of 110 on the 1st.
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 11426 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2085: Thursday 1 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2085 falls on Thursday 1 February. Saptamī runs from 11:08 on Wed 31 Jan to 10:35 on Thu 1 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 1 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 1 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 1 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 31st | Covered | Aruṇodaya 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:08 → 18:35 | 05:03 | 108 min | 05:02 | 0 min | 31 Jan |
| Chicago | 21:08 → 20:35 | 05:12 | 112 min | 05:11 | 0 min | 31 Jan |
| Jersey City | 22:08 → 21:35 | 05:16 | 111 min | 05:15 | 0 min | 31 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 23:08 → 22:35 | 04:51 | 99 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 31 Jan |
| London | 03:08 → 02:35 | 05:41 | 119 min | 05:40 | 0 min | 31 Jan |
| Durban | 05:08 → 04:35 | 04:01 | 17 min | 04:01 | 34 min | 1 Feb |
| Dubai | 07:08 → 06:35 | 05:18 | 0 min | 05:18 | 77 min | 1 Feb |
| Delhi | 08:38 → 08:05 | 05:24 | 0 min | 05:24 | 105 min | 1 Feb |
| Kolkata | 08:38 → 08:05 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:33 | 103 min | 1 Feb |
| Singapore | 11:08 → 10:35 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 1 Feb |
| Sydney | 14:08 → 13:35 | 04:54 | 0 min | 04:55 | 82 min | 1 Feb |
| Suva | 15:08 → 14:35 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:25 | 89 min | 1 Feb |