Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1966

Monday 7 March

Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two sunrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Monday 7 March

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.

06:10 sunrise
04:5805:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:22

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Tuesday 8 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:08 sunrise
Pratipadā ends 06:01:54
04:5605:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:20

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 09:45 on Mon 7 Mar to 06:02 on Tue 8 Mar.

    1966-03-07T01:45:15Z → 1966-03-07T22:01:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:10 on the 7th and 06:08 on the 8th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 7th and is not on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 393 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Daqing, 1966: Monday 7 March.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Vasantotsava 1966 falls on Monday 7 March. Pratipadā runs from 09:45 on Mon 7 Mar to 06:02 on Tue 8 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1966/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 7thCoveredSunrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:45 → 14:0206:15holds06:13no7 Mar
Chicago19:45 → 16:0206:17holds06:15no7 Mar
Jersey City20:45 → 17:0206:22holds06:20no7 Mar
Port of Spain21:45 → 18:0206:18holds06:18no7 Mar
London01:45 → 22:0206:34holds06:32no7 Mar
Durban03:45 → 00:0205:51holds05:52no7 Mar
Dubai05:45 → 02:0206:37holds06:36no7 Mar
Delhi07:15 → 03:3206:41no06:40no7 Mar
Kolkata07:15 → 03:3205:54no05:53no7 Mar
Singapore09:15 → 05:3206:43no06:43no7 Mar
Sydney11:45 → 08:0205:48no05:48holds8 Mar
Suva13:45 → 10:0206:07no06:07holds8 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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