Sunrise of Wednesday 19 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
05:46 sunrise
04:3404:5805:2205:4606:1006:3406:58
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2087
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 505 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Wednesday 19 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Thursday 20 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 14:11 on Wed 19 Mar to 16:14 on Thu 20 Mar.
2087-03-19T06:10:38Z → 2087-03-20T08:14:19Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 05:46 on the 19th and 05:44 on the 20th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 19th and is on the 20th.
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 30277 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Daqing, 2087: Thursday 20 March.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Vasantotsava 2087 falls on Thursday 20 March. Pratipadā runs from 14:11 on Wed 19 Mar to 16:14 on Thu 20 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 20 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 20 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 20 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 19th | Covered | Sunrise 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:11 → 01:14 | 06:58 | holds | 06:57 | no | 19 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:11 → 03:14 | 06:56 | holds | 06:54 | no | 19 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:11 → 04:14 | 07:01 | holds | 07:00 | no | 19 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:11 → 04:14 | 06:11 | holds | 06:11 | no | 19 Mar |
| London | 06:11 → 08:14 | 06:06 | no | 06:03 | holds | 20 Mar |
| Durban | 08:11 → 10:14 | 05:59 | no | 06:00 | holds | 20 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:11 → 12:14 | 06:24 | no | 06:23 | holds | 20 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:41 → 13:44 | 06:27 | no | 06:26 | holds | 20 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:41 → 13:44 | 05:42 | no | 05:41 | holds | 20 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:11 → 16:14 | 07:10 | no | 07:09 | holds | 20 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:11 → 19:14 | 06:58 | no | 06:59 | holds | 20 Mar |
| Suva | 18:11 → 20:14 | 06:10 | no | 06:11 | holds | 20 Mar |