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Ruling · 1995 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Friday 17 March1995 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 76 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 76 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two sunrises सूर्योदय

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Friday 17 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:42 sunrise
04:3004:5405:1805:4206:0606:3006:54

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Saturday 18 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:41 sunrise
04:2904:5305:1705:4106:0506:2906:53

Absent at sunrise

Pratipadā presentSunrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 04:26 on Fri 17 Mar to 02:26 on Sat 18 Mar.

    1995-03-17T01:25:37Z → 1995-03-17T23:25:35Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:42 on the 17th and 05:41 on the 18th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 17th and is not on the 18th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 4584 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 1995: Friday 17 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 1995 falls on Friday 17 March. Pratipadā runs from 04:26 on Fri 17 Mar to 02:26 on Sat 18 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/1995/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 17 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 17 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 17 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlacePratipadāSunrise 17thCoveredSunrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:26 → 15:2606:01holds06:00no17 Mar
Chicago19:26 → 17:2606:00holds05:58no17 Mar
Jersey City20:26 → 18:2606:06holds06:04no17 Mar
Port of Spain21:26 → 19:2606:13holds06:12no17 Mar
London01:26 → 23:2606:12holds06:09no17 Mar
Durban03:26 → 01:2605:57holds05:58no17 Mar
Dubai05:26 → 03:2606:27holds06:26no17 Mar
Delhi06:56 → 04:5606:30no06:29no17 Mar
Kolkata06:56 → 04:5605:44no05:44no17 Mar
Singapore09:26 → 07:2607:10no07:10holds18 Mar
Sydney11:26 → 09:2605:56no05:56holds18 Mar
Suva13:26 → 11:2606:09no06:10holds18 Mar
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vasantotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s