Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2053

Wednesday 5 March

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 303 minutes.

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 Wednesday 5 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:12 sunrise
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Thursday 6 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

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

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 01:10 on Wed 5 Mar to 23:54 on Wed 5 Mar.

    2053-03-04T17:09:48Z → 2053-03-05T15:53:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 5th and 06:10 on the 6th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.

    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 18154 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Daqing, 2053: Wednesday 5 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Vasantotsava 2053 falls on Wednesday 5 March. Pratipadā runs from 01:10 on Wed 5 Mar to 23:54 on Wed 5 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2053/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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 4thCoveredSunrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:10 → 07:5406:17no06:16holds5 Mar
Chicago11:10 → 09:5406:20no06:18holds5 Mar
Jersey City12:10 → 10:5406:25no06:24holds5 Mar
Port of Spain13:10 → 11:5406:19no06:19holds5 Mar
London17:10 → 15:5406:39no06:36holds5 Mar
Durban19:10 → 17:5405:49no05:50holds5 Mar
Dubai21:10 → 19:5406:39no06:38holds5 Mar
Delhi22:40 → 21:2406:43no06:42holds5 Mar
Kolkata22:40 → 21:2405:55no05:55holds5 Mar
Singapore01:10 → 23:5407:14no07:14holds5 Mar
Sydney04:10 → 02:5406:46no06:47holds5 Mar
Suva05:10 → 03:5406:06no06:07holds5 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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