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Ruling · 2007 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Sunday 4 March2007 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 82 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 82 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 Sunday 4 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:55 sunrise
04:4305:0705:3105:5506:1906:4307:07

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Monday 5 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:54 sunrise
04:4205:0605:3005:5406:1806:4207:06

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 02:17 on Sun 4 Mar to 04:32 on Mon 5 Mar.

    2007-03-03T23:17:07Z → 2007-03-05T01:32:05Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:55 on the 4th and 05:54 on the 5th.

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

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 4th and is not on the 5th.

    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 4909 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2007: Sunday 4 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2007 falls on Sunday 4 March. Pratipadā runs from 02:17 on Sun 4 Mar to 04:32 on Mon 5 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2007/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredSunrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:17 → 17:3206:20no06:17no4 Mar
Chicago17:17 → 19:3206:23no06:20no4 Mar
Jersey City18:17 → 20:3206:28no06:25no4 Mar
Port of Spain19:17 → 21:3206:20no06:19no4 Mar
London23:17 → 01:3206:43no06:38no4 Mar
Durban01:17 → 03:3205:48no05:50no4 Mar
Dubai03:17 → 05:3206:41no06:39no4 Mar
Delhi04:47 → 07:0206:45no06:43holds4 Mar
Kolkata04:47 → 07:0205:57no05:55holds4 Mar
Singapore07:17 → 09:3207:14no07:14holds5 Mar
Sydney10:17 → 12:3206:44no06:46holds5 Mar
Suva11:17 → 13:3206:06no06:06holds5 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