Dawn of Monday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:21 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:06
04:5705:2105:4506:0906:3306:5707:21
0 of 105 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2097
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 121 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Monday 18 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Dawn of Tuesday 19 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
105 of 105 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 10:49 on Mon 18 Feb to 09:05 on Tue 19 Feb.
2097-02-18T02:48:47Z → 2097-02-19T01:05:18Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:21–07:06 on the 18th, 05:20–07:04 on the 19th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 105 minutes on the 18th and 105 of 105 on the 19th.
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 7257 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2097: Tuesday 19 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2097 falls on Tuesday 19 February. Saptamī runs from 10:49 on Mon 18 Feb to 09:05 on Tue 19 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 19 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 19 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 19 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 18th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:49 → 17:05 | 04:51 | 103 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Chicago | 20:49 → 19:05 | 04:55 | 106 min | 04:54 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Jersey City | 21:49 → 20:05 | 05:00 | 105 min | 04:59 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 22:49 → 21:05 | 04:48 | 97 min | 04:48 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| London | 02:49 → 01:05 | 05:17 | 110 min | 05:16 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Durban | 04:49 → 03:05 | 04:12 | 51 min | 04:12 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Dubai | 06:49 → 05:05 | 05:10 | 2 min | 05:09 | 0 min | 18 Feb |
| Delhi | 08:19 → 06:35 | 05:15 | 0 min | 05:14 | 81 min | 19 Feb |
| Kolkata | 08:19 → 06:35 | 04:26 | 0 min | 04:26 | 100 min | 19 Feb |
| Singapore | 10:49 → 09:05 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 95 min | 19 Feb |
| Sydney | 13:49 → 12:05 | 05:07 | 0 min | 05:08 | 87 min | 19 Feb |
| Suva | 14:49 → 13:05 | 04:31 | 0 min | 04:31 | 91 min | 19 Feb |