Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2092

Monday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 298 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 Monday 24 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:15 sunrise
05:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:0307:27

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Tuesday 25 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:13 sunrise
05:0105:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:25

Absent 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 01:17 on Mon 24 Mar to 22:20 on Mon 24 Mar.

    2092-03-23T17:17:24Z → 2092-03-24T14:20:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:15 on the 24th and 06:13 on the 25th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 24th and is not 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 17860 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Baoding, 2092: Monday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasantotsava 2092 falls on Monday 24 March. Pratipadā runs from 01:17 on Mon 24 Mar to 22:20 on Mon 24 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2092/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 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 Angeles10:17 → 07:2006:51no06:50holds24 Mar
Chicago12:17 → 09:2006:47no06:46holds24 Mar
Jersey City13:17 → 10:2006:54no06:52holds24 Mar
Port of Spain13:17 → 10:2006:08no06:08holds24 Mar
London17:17 → 14:2005:55no05:53holds24 Mar
Durban19:17 → 16:2006:02no06:03holds24 Mar
Dubai21:17 → 18:2006:19no06:18holds24 Mar
Delhi22:47 → 19:5006:21no06:20holds24 Mar
Kolkata22:47 → 19:5005:38no05:37holds24 Mar
Singapore01:17 → 22:2007:08no07:08holds24 Mar
Sydney04:17 → 01:2007:02no07:02holds24 Mar
Suva05:17 → 02:2006:11no06:12holds24 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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