Dawn of Sunday 25 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
05:25 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:09
05:0105:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:25
104 of 104 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 2026
Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 285 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Sunday 25 January
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
104 of 104 minutes covered
Dawn of Monday 26 January
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 104 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 00:40 on Sun 25 Jan to 23:11 on Sun 25 Jan.
2026-01-24T19:10:28Z → 2026-01-25T17:40:48Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:25–07:09 on the 25th, 05:25–07:09 on the 26th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 104 of 104 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 104 on the 26th.
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 17087 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Ujjain, 2026: Sunday 25 January.
confidence: determinate
In Ujjain, Ratha Saptamī 2026 falls on Sunday 25 January. Saptamī runs from 00:40 on Sun 25 Jan to 23:11 on Sun 25 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 25 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 25 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 25 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:10 → 09:41 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:05 | 109 min | 25 Jan |
| Chicago | 13:10 → 11:41 | 05:16 | 0 min | 05:16 | 114 min | 25 Jan |
| Jersey City | 14:10 → 12:41 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:19 | 113 min | 25 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 15:10 → 13:41 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 99 min | 25 Jan |
| London | 19:10 → 17:41 | 05:48 | 0 min | 05:47 | 122 min | 25 Jan |
| Durban | 21:10 → 19:41 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:56 | 83 min | 25 Jan |
| Dubai | 23:10 → 21:41 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:19 | 105 min | 25 Jan |
| Delhi | 00:40 → 23:11 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:26 | 107 min | 25 Jan |
| Kolkata | 00:40 → 23:11 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 104 min | 25 Jan |
| Singapore | 03:10 → 01:41 | 05:39 | 0 min | 05:40 | 96 min | 25 Jan |
| Sydney | 06:10 → 04:41 | 04:48 | 0 min | 04:49 | 0 min | 25 Jan |
| Suva | 07:10 → 05:41 | 04:20 | 0 min | 04:21 | 0 min | 26 Jan |