Sunrise of Tuesday 25 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:14 sunrise
05:0205:2605:5006:1406:3807:0207:26
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2081
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Tuesday 25 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Wednesday 26 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 08:31 on Tue 25 Mar to 05:23 on Wed 26 Mar.
2081-03-25T00:30:42Z → 2081-03-25T21:23:19Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:14 on the 25th and 06:12 on the 26th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 25th and is not on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 2942 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Baoding, 2081: Tuesday 25 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Vasantotsava 2081 falls on Tuesday 25 March. Pratipadā runs from 08:31 on Tue 25 Mar to 05:23 on Wed 26 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 25 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 25th | Covered | Sunrise 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:31 → 14:23 | 06:49 | holds | 06:48 | no | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:31 → 16:23 | 06:45 | holds | 06:43 | no | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:31 → 17:23 | 06:51 | holds | 06:49 | no | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 20:31 → 17:23 | 06:07 | holds | 06:07 | no | 25 Mar |
| London | 00:31 → 21:23 | 05:51 | holds | 05:49 | no | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 02:31 → 23:23 | 06:03 | holds | 06:04 | no | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 04:31 → 01:23 | 06:18 | holds | 06:17 | no | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:01 → 02:53 | 06:19 | holds | 06:18 | no | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:01 → 02:53 | 05:36 | no | 05:35 | no | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 08:31 → 05:23 | 07:07 | no | 07:07 | no | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:31 → 08:23 | 07:03 | no | 07:03 | holds | 26 Mar |
| Suva | 12:31 → 09:23 | 06:12 | no | 06:12 | holds | 26 Mar |