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Ruling · 2022 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Saturday 19 March2022 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 208 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 208 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 Friday 18 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:40 sunrise
04:2804:5205:1605:4006:0406:2806:52

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Saturday 19 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:39 sunrise
04:2704:5105:1505:3906:0306:2706:51

Holds 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 10:18 on Fri 18 Mar to 09:08 on Sat 19 Mar.

    2022-03-18T07:17:35Z → 2022-03-19T06:07:43Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:40 on the 18th and 05:39 on the 19th.

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

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 18th and is on the 19th.

    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 12497 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2022: Saturday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2022 falls on Saturday 19 March. Pratipadā runs from 10:18 on Fri 18 Mar to 09:08 on Sat 19 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2022/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 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 18thCoveredSunrise 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:18 → 23:0806:59holds06:58no18 Mar
Chicago02:18 → 01:0806:58holds06:56no18 Mar
Jersey City03:18 → 02:0807:03holds07:02no18 Mar
Port of Spain03:18 → 02:0806:12holds06:11no18 Mar
London07:18 → 06:0806:08no06:06holds19 Mar
Durban09:18 → 08:0805:58no05:59holds19 Mar
Dubai11:18 → 10:0806:25no06:24holds19 Mar
Delhi12:48 → 11:3806:28no06:27holds19 Mar
Kolkata12:48 → 11:3805:43no05:42holds19 Mar
Singapore15:18 → 14:0807:10no07:09holds19 Mar
Sydney18:18 → 17:0806:57no06:57holds19 Mar
Suva19:18 → 18:0806:10no06:10holds19 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