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Ruling · 2001 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Saturday 10 March2001 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 565 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 566 minutes.

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The two sunrises सूर्योदय

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

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

Sunrise of Saturday 10 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

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

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Sunday 11 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:48 sunrise
04:3605:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:00

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 20:23 on Fri 9 Mar to 17:08 on Sat 10 Mar.

    2001-03-09T17:23:04Z → 2001-03-10T14:08:22Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:49 on the 10th and 05:48 on the 11th.

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

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 10th and is not on the 11th.

    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 33930 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2001: Saturday 10 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2001 falls on Saturday 10 March. Pratipadā runs from 20:23 on Fri 9 Mar to 17:08 on Sat 10 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2001/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 10 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 9thCoveredSunrise 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:23 → 06:0806:11no06:10no9 Mar
Chicago11:23 → 08:0806:13no06:11holds10 Mar
Jersey City12:23 → 09:0806:18no06:16holds10 Mar
Port of Spain13:23 → 10:0806:17no06:16holds10 Mar
London17:23 → 14:0806:28no06:26holds10 Mar
Durban19:23 → 16:0805:53no05:53holds10 Mar
Dubai21:23 → 18:0806:34no06:33holds10 Mar
Delhi22:53 → 19:3806:38no06:37holds10 Mar
Kolkata22:53 → 19:3805:51no05:50holds10 Mar
Singapore01:23 → 22:0807:13no07:12holds10 Mar
Sydney04:23 → 01:0806:50no06:50holds10 Mar
Suva05:23 → 02:0806:08no06:08holds10 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