Sunrise of Thursday 16 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:28 sunrise
05:1605:4006:0406:2806:5207:1607:40
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2090
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 Thursday 16 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Friday 17 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 07:44 on Thu 16 Mar to 04:14 on Fri 17 Mar.
2090-03-15T23:43:35Z → 2090-03-16T20:14:12Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:28 on the 16th and 06:27 on the 17th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 16th and is not on the 17th.
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 4514 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Baoding, 2090: Thursday 16 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Vasantotsava 2090 falls on Thursday 16 March. Pratipadā runs from 07:44 on Thu 16 Mar to 04:14 on Fri 17 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 16 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 16 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 16 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 15th | Covered | Sunrise 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:44 → 13:14 | 07:03 | no | 07:02 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 18:44 → 15:14 | 07:02 | no | 07:00 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 19:44 → 16:14 | 07:08 | no | 07:06 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 19:44 → 16:14 | 06:13 | no | 06:13 | holds | 16 Mar |
| London | 23:44 → 20:14 | 06:14 | no | 06:12 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 01:44 → 22:14 | 05:57 | no | 05:57 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Dubai | 03:44 → 00:14 | 06:28 | no | 06:27 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Delhi | 05:14 → 01:44 | 06:31 | no | 06:30 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Kolkata | 05:14 → 01:44 | 05:46 | no | 05:45 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Singapore | 07:44 → 04:14 | 07:11 | no | 07:10 | no | 16 Mar |
| Sydney | 10:44 → 07:14 | 06:55 | no | 06:56 | no | 17 Mar |
| Suva | 11:44 → 08:14 | 06:09 | no | 06:10 | no | 17 Mar |