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Ruling · 2014 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Monday 17 March2014 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 519 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 519 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 Monday 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 Tuesday 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 20:08 on Sun 16 Mar to 21:02 on Mon 17 Mar.

    2014-03-16T17:08:20Z → 2014-03-17T18:01:55Z
  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 31118 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2014: Monday 17 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2014 falls on Monday 17 March. Pratipadā runs from 20:08 on Sun 16 Mar to 21:02 on Mon 17 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2014/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 17 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 17 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 16thCoveredSunrise 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:08 → 11:0207:02no07:01holds17 Mar
Chicago12:08 → 13:0207:01no06:59holds17 Mar
Jersey City13:08 → 14:0207:07no07:05holds17 Mar
Port of Spain13:08 → 14:0206:13no06:12holds17 Mar
London17:08 → 18:0206:13no06:11holds17 Mar
Durban19:08 → 20:0205:57no05:58holds17 Mar
Dubai21:08 → 22:0206:27no06:26holds17 Mar
Delhi22:38 → 23:3206:30no06:29holds17 Mar
Kolkata22:38 → 23:3205:45no05:44holds17 Mar
Singapore01:08 → 02:0207:10no07:10holds17 Mar
Sydney04:08 → 05:0206:55no06:56holds17 Mar
Suva05:08 → 06:0206:09no06:10holds17 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