Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2035

Sunday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 26 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two sunrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Saturday 24 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:17 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 06:42:09
05:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Sunday 25 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:15 sunrise
Pratipadā ends 07:00:44
05:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:27

Holds at sunrise

Pratipadā presentSunrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 06:42 on Sat 24 Mar to 07:01 on Sun 25 Mar.

    2035-03-23T22:42:10Z → 2035-03-24T23:00:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:17 on the 24th and 06:15 on the 25th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 24th and is on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 1531 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Baoding, 2035: Sunday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasantotsava 2035 falls on Sunday 25 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:42 on Sat 24 Mar to 07:01 on Sun 25 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2035/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 25 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/vasantotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Pratipadā
Kāla
Sunrise
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 23rdCoveredSunrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:42 → 16:0106:53no06:51holds24 Mar
Chicago17:42 → 18:0106:49no06:48holds24 Mar
Jersey City18:42 → 19:0106:55no06:54holds24 Mar
Port of Spain18:42 → 19:0106:09no06:08holds24 Mar
London22:42 → 23:0105:57no05:55holds24 Mar
Durban00:42 → 01:0106:01no06:02holds24 Mar
Dubai02:42 → 03:0106:20no06:19holds24 Mar
Delhi04:12 → 04:3106:22no06:21holds24 Mar
Kolkata04:12 → 04:3105:38no05:38holds24 Mar
Singapore06:42 → 07:0107:08no07:08holds24 Mar
Sydney09:42 → 10:0107:00no07:01no25 Mar
Suva10:42 → 11:0106:11no06:11no25 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vasantotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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