Sunrise of Monday 22 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
07:21 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 07:07:57
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Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1943
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 16 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Monday 22 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Tuesday 23 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 07:08 on Mon 22 Mar to 07:15 on Tue 23 Mar.
1943-03-21T22:07:57Z → 1943-03-22T22:15:05Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 07:21 on the 22nd and 07:19 on the 23rd.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 22nd and is not on the 23rd.
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 256 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Baoding, 1943: Monday 22 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Vasantotsava 1943 falls on Monday 22 March. Pratipadā runs from 07:08 on Mon 22 Mar to 07:15 on Tue 23 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 4 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 22 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 22 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 22 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 21st | Covered | Sunrise 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:08 → 15:15 | 06:57 | no | 06:55 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Chicago | 17:08 → 17:15 | 06:54 | no | 06:52 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Jersey City | 18:08 → 18:15 | 07:00 | no | 06:58 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 19:08 → 19:15 | 07:10 | no | 07:10 | holds | 22 Mar |
| London | 23:08 → 23:15 | 07:04 | no | 07:01 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Durban | 00:08 → 00:15 | 06:00 | no | 06:00 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Dubai | 02:08 → 02:15 | 06:23 | no | 06:22 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:38 → 04:45 | 07:26 | no | 07:24 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:38 → 04:45 | 06:41 | no | 06:40 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Singapore | 07:08 → 07:15 | 08:09 | no | 08:09 | holds | 22 Mar |
| Sydney | 09:08 → 09:15 | 06:58 | no | 06:59 | no | 23 Mar |
| Suva | 10:08 → 10:15 | 06:10 | no | 06:11 | no | 23 Mar |