Sunrise of Friday 7 March
Taken. Both sunrises qualify; the rule takes the first.
06:42 sunrise
05:3005:5406:1806:4207:0607:3007:54
Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2042
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 42 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Friday 7 March
Taken. Both sunrises qualify; the rule takes the first.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Saturday 8 March
Pratipadā holds at sunrise here too. Not taken.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 04:10 on Fri 7 Mar to 06:44 on Sat 8 Mar.
2042-03-06T20:10:00Z → 2042-03-07T22:43:40Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:42 on the 7th and 06:41 on the 8th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 7th and is on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both sunrises qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 162 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Baoding, 2042: Friday 7 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Vasantotsava 2042 falls on Friday 7 March. Pratipadā runs from 04:10 on Fri 7 Mar to 06:44 on Sat 8 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 2 min 42 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 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 6th | Covered | Sunrise 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:10 → 14:44 | 06:15 | no | 06:14 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:10 → 16:44 | 06:17 | no | 06:16 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:10 → 17:44 | 06:22 | no | 06:21 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:10 → 18:44 | 06:18 | no | 06:18 | holds | 7 Mar |
| London | 20:10 → 22:44 | 06:35 | no | 06:33 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 22:10 → 00:44 | 05:51 | no | 05:51 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:10 → 02:44 | 06:37 | no | 06:36 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:40 → 04:14 | 06:41 | no | 06:40 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:40 → 04:14 | 05:54 | no | 05:53 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:10 → 06:44 | 07:13 | no | 07:13 | holds | 7 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:10 → 09:44 | 06:47 | no | 06:48 | no | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 08:10 → 10:44 | 06:07 | no | 06:07 | no | 8 Mar |