Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2090

Thursday 16 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 Thursday 16 March

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

05:51 sunrise
04:3905:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:03

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 17 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:49 sunrise
04:3705:0105:2505:4906:1306:3707:01

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 07:44 on Thu 16 Mar to 04:14 on Fri 17 Mar.

    2090-03-15T23:43:35Z → 2090-03-16T20:14:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:51 on the 16th and 05:49 on the 17th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 16th and is not on the 17th.

    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 5714 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Daqing, 2090: Thursday 16 March.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Vasantotsava 2090 falls on Thursday 16 March. Pratipadā runs from 07:44 on Thu 16 Mar to 04:14 on Fri 17 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2090/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 15thCoveredSunrise 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:44 → 13:1407:03no07:02holds16 Mar
Chicago18:44 → 15:1407:02no07:00holds16 Mar
Jersey City19:44 → 16:1407:08no07:06holds16 Mar
Port of Spain19:44 → 16:1406:13no06:13holds16 Mar
London23:44 → 20:1406:14no06:12holds16 Mar
Durban01:44 → 22:1405:57no05:57holds16 Mar
Dubai03:44 → 00:1406:28no06:27holds16 Mar
Delhi05:14 → 01:4406:31no06:30holds16 Mar
Kolkata05:14 → 01:4405:46no05:45holds16 Mar
Singapore07:44 → 04:1407:11no07:10no16 Mar
Sydney10:44 → 07:1406:55no06:56no17 Mar
Suva11:44 → 08:1406:09no06:10no17 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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