Sunrise of Wednesday 16 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
05:53 sunrise
04:4105:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:05
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1938
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 386 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Wednesday 16 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Thursday 17 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 13:15 on Wed 16 Mar to 12:17 on Thu 17 Mar.
1938-03-16T05:15:06Z → 1938-03-17T04:17:11Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 05:53 on the 16th and 05:52 on the 17th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 16th and is on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 23140 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Daqing, 1938: Thursday 17 March.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Vasantotsava 1938 falls on Thursday 17 March. Pratipadā runs from 13:15 on Wed 16 Mar to 12:17 on Thu 17 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 17 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 17 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 17 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 16th | Covered | Sunrise 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:15 → 20:17 | 06:03 | holds | 06:02 | no | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:15 → 22:17 | 06:02 | holds | 06:00 | no | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:15 → 23:17 | 06:08 | holds | 06:06 | no | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 01:15 → 00:17 | 06:13 | holds | 06:13 | no | 16 Mar |
| London | 05:15 → 04:17 | 06:14 | holds | 06:12 | no | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 07:15 → 06:17 | 05:57 | no | 05:57 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Dubai | 09:15 → 08:17 | 06:28 | no | 06:27 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Delhi | 10:45 → 09:47 | 06:31 | no | 06:30 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Kolkata | 10:45 → 09:47 | 05:46 | no | 05:45 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:35 → 11:37 | 06:31 | no | 06:30 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:15 → 14:17 | 05:55 | no | 05:55 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Suva | 17:15 → 16:17 | 06:09 | no | 06:09 | holds | 17 Mar |