Sunrise of Sunday 7 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
06:44 sunrise
05:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:3207:56
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1909
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 252 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Sunday 7 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 8 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 10:56 on Sun 7 Mar to 13:24 on Mon 8 Mar.
1909-03-07T02:55:32Z → 1909-03-08T05:23:47Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:44 on the 7th and 06:42 on the 8th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 7th and is on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 15106 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Baoding, 1909: Monday 8 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Vasantotsava 1909 falls on Monday 8 March. Pratipadā runs from 10:56 on Sun 7 Mar to 13:24 on Mon 8 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 8 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 8 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vasantotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 1 Vasantotsava (current at sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunrise 7th | Covered | Sunrise 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:56 → 21:24 | 06:15 | holds | 06:14 | no | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 20:56 → 23:24 | 06:17 | holds | 06:15 | no | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 21:56 → 00:24 | 06:22 | holds | 06:21 | no | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 22:56 → 01:24 | 06:18 | holds | 06:18 | no | 7 Mar |
| London | 02:56 → 05:24 | 06:35 | holds | 06:32 | no | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 04:56 → 07:24 | 05:51 | holds | 05:52 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 06:37 → 09:05 | 06:18 | no | 06:17 | holds | 8 Mar |
| Delhi | 08:26 → 10:54 | 06:41 | no | 06:40 | holds | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 08:26 → 10:54 | 05:54 | no | 05:53 | holds | 8 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:56 → 12:24 | 06:13 | no | 06:13 | holds | 8 Mar |
| Sydney | 12:56 → 15:24 | 05:48 | no | 05:48 | holds | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 14:51 → 17:19 | 06:02 | no | 06:02 | holds | 8 Mar |