Dawn of Tuesday 31 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:35 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:26
Saptamī begins 06:09:53
05:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59
76 of 111 minutes covered, the last 76
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2096
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 34 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 31 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
76 of 111 minutes covered, the last 76
Dawn of Wednesday 1 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:10 on Tue 31 Jan to 04:05 on Wed 1 Feb.
2096-01-30T22:09:54Z → 2096-01-31T20:04:48Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:35–07:26 on the 31st, 05:35–07:25 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 76 of 111 minutes on the 31st and 0 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 2068 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2096: Tuesday 31 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2096 falls on Tuesday 31 January. Saptamī runs from 06:10 on Tue 31 Jan to 04:05 on Wed 1 Feb and covers 76 of 111 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 31 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 31 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 31 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 30th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:10 → 12:05 | 05:04 | 0 min | 05:03 | 108 min | 31 Jan |
| Chicago | 16:10 → 14:05 | 05:13 | 0 min | 05:12 | 112 min | 31 Jan |
| Jersey City | 17:10 → 15:05 | 05:17 | 0 min | 05:16 | 111 min | 31 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 18:10 → 16:05 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 31 Jan |
| London | 22:10 → 20:05 | 05:43 | 0 min | 05:42 | 119 min | 31 Jan |
| Durban | 00:10 → 22:05 | 04:00 | 0 min | 04:00 | 84 min | 31 Jan |
| Dubai | 02:10 → 00:05 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:18 | 104 min | 31 Jan |
| Delhi | 03:40 → 01:35 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:25 | 106 min | 31 Jan |
| Kolkata | 03:40 → 01:35 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:33 | 103 min | 31 Jan |
| Singapore | 06:10 → 04:05 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 67 min | 31 Jan |
| Sydney | 09:10 → 07:05 | 04:53 | 0 min | 04:54 | 0 min | 1 Feb |
| Suva | 10:10 → 08:05 | 04:23 | 0 min | 04:24 | 0 min | 1 Feb |