Dawn of Wednesday 28 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:37 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:28
05:1305:3706:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:01
0 of 111 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2099
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 45 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 28 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 111 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 29 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
111 of 111 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 08:14 on Wed 28 Jan to 10:02 on Thu 29 Jan.
2099-01-28T00:13:42Z → 2099-01-29T02:02:10Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:37–07:28 on the 28th, 05:36–07:27 on the 29th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 28th and 111 of 111 on the 29th.
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 2727 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 2099: Thursday 29 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 2099 falls on Thursday 29 January. Saptamī runs from 08:14 on Wed 28 Jan to 10:02 on Thu 29 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 29 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 29 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 29 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 28th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:14 → 18:02 | 05:04 | 109 min | 05:04 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Chicago | 18:14 → 20:02 | 05:14 | 113 min | 05:13 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Jersey City | 19:14 → 21:02 | 05:18 | 112 min | 05:17 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 20:14 → 22:02 | 04:51 | 99 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| London | 00:14 → 02:02 | 05:44 | 120 min | 05:43 | 0 min | 28 Jan |
| Durban | 02:14 → 04:02 | 03:58 | 83 min | 03:59 | 3 min | 28 Jan |
| Dubai | 04:14 → 06:02 | 05:19 | 104 min | 05:19 | 43 min | 28 Jan |
| Delhi | 05:44 → 07:32 | 05:26 | 88 min | 05:25 | 106 min | 29 Jan |
| Kolkata | 05:44 → 07:32 | 04:34 | 34 min | 04:34 | 103 min | 29 Jan |
| Singapore | 08:14 → 10:02 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:41 | 96 min | 29 Jan |
| Sydney | 11:14 → 13:02 | 04:52 | 0 min | 04:53 | 81 min | 29 Jan |
| Suva | 12:14 → 14:02 | 04:23 | 0 min | 04:23 | 89 min | 29 Jan |