Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2062

Sunday 26 March

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 326 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 Saturday 25 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:34 sunrise
04:2204:4605:1005:3405:5806:2206:46

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Sunday 26 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:32 sunrise
04:2004:4405:0805:3205:5606:2006:44

Holds 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 11:36 on Sat 25 Mar to 10:58 on Sun 26 Mar.

    2062-03-25T03:36:09Z → 2062-03-26T02:58:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:34 on the 25th and 05:32 on the 26th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 25th and is on the 26th.

    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 19573 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Daqing, 2062: Sunday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Vasantotsava 2062 falls on Sunday 26 March. Pratipadā runs from 11:36 on Sat 25 Mar to 10:58 on Sun 26 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2062/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 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 25thCoveredSunrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:36 → 19:5806:50holds06:48no25 Mar
Chicago22:36 → 21:5806:45holds06:43no25 Mar
Jersey City23:36 → 22:5806:51holds06:50no25 Mar
Port of Spain23:36 → 22:5806:07holds06:07no25 Mar
London03:36 → 03:5805:52holds06:49no25 Mar
Durban05:36 → 04:5806:03holds06:03no25 Mar
Dubai07:36 → 06:5806:18no06:17holds26 Mar
Delhi09:06 → 08:2806:20no06:18holds26 Mar
Kolkata09:06 → 08:2805:36no05:35holds26 Mar
Singapore11:36 → 10:5807:07no07:07holds26 Mar
Sydney14:36 → 13:5807:02no07:03holds26 Mar
Suva15:36 → 14:5806:11no06:12holds26 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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