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Ruling · 2032 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Saturday 27 March2032 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 42 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 42 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 Saturday 27 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:31 sunrise
04:1904:4305:0705:3105:5506:1906:43

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Sunday 28 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:29 sunrise
Pratipadā ends 04:47:34
04:1704:4105:0505:2905:5306:1706:41

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 03:46 on Sat 27 Mar to 04:48 on Sun 28 Mar.

    2032-03-27T00:46:20Z → 2032-03-28T01:47:34Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:31 on the 27th and 05:29 on the 28th.

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

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 27th and is not on the 28th.

    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 2514 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2032: Saturday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2032 falls on Saturday 27 March. Pratipadā runs from 03:46 on Sat 27 Mar to 04:48 on Sun 28 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2032/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 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 27thCoveredSunrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:46 → 18:4806:46holds06:45no27 Mar
Chicago19:46 → 20:4806:41holds06:39no27 Mar
Jersey City20:46 → 21:4806:47holds06:46no27 Mar
Port of Spain20:46 → 21:4806:06holds06:05no27 Mar
London00:46 → 02:4805:47holds06:44no27 Mar
Durban02:46 → 03:4806:04holds06:05no27 Mar
Dubai04:46 → 05:4806:15holds06:14no27 Mar
Delhi06:16 → 07:1806:17holds06:16holds27 Mar
Kolkata06:16 → 07:1805:34no05:33holds28 Mar
Singapore08:46 → 09:4807:07no07:06holds28 Mar
Sydney11:46 → 12:4807:04no07:05holds28 Mar
Suva12:46 → 13:4806:12no06:12holds28 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