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Ruling · 2028 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Saturday 11 March2028 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 101 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 101 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 11 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:47 sunrise
04:3504:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:59

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Sunday 12 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:46 sunrise
04:3404:5805:2205:4606:1006:3406:58

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 04:06 on Sat 11 Mar to 00:27 on Sun 12 Mar.

    2028-03-11T01:06:05Z → 2028-03-11T21:26:45Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:47 on the 11th and 05:46 on the 12th.

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

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 11th and is not on the 12th.

    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 6059 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2028: Saturday 11 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2028 falls on Saturday 11 March. Pratipadā runs from 04:06 on Sat 11 Mar to 00:27 on Sun 12 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2028/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 11thCoveredSunrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:06 → 13:2706:08holds07:07no11 Mar
Chicago19:06 → 15:2706:08holds07:07no11 Mar
Jersey City20:06 → 16:2706:14holds07:12no11 Mar
Port of Spain21:06 → 17:2706:15holds06:15no11 Mar
London01:06 → 21:2706:23holds06:21no11 Mar
Durban03:06 → 23:2705:54holds05:55no11 Mar
Dubai05:06 → 01:2706:32holds06:31no11 Mar
Delhi06:36 → 02:5706:35no06:34no11 Mar
Kolkata06:36 → 02:5705:49no05:48no11 Mar
Singapore09:06 → 05:2707:12no07:11no11 Mar
Sydney12:06 → 08:2706:52no06:52holds12 Mar
Suva13:06 → 09:2706:08no06:08holds12 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