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Ruling · 2041 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Monday 18 March2041 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 281 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 281 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 18 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

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

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Tuesday 19 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

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

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 23:19 on Sun 17 Mar to 00:58 on Tue 19 Mar.

    2041-03-17T20:19:11Z → 2041-03-18T21:58:06Z
  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 on the 18th and is not 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 16856 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2041: Monday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2041 falls on Monday 18 March. Pratipadā runs from 23:19 on Sun 17 Mar to 00:58 on Tue 19 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2041/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 18 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 17thCoveredSunrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:19 → 14:5807:00no06:59holds18 Mar
Chicago15:19 → 16:5806:59no06:57holds18 Mar
Jersey City16:19 → 17:5807:04no07:03holds18 Mar
Port of Spain16:19 → 17:5806:12no06:11holds18 Mar
London20:19 → 21:5806:10no06:07holds18 Mar
Durban22:19 → 23:5805:58no05:58holds18 Mar
Dubai00:19 → 01:5806:26no06:25holds18 Mar
Delhi01:49 → 03:2806:29no06:28holds18 Mar
Kolkata01:49 → 03:2805:44no05:43holds18 Mar
Singapore04:19 → 05:5807:10no07:10holds18 Mar
Sydney07:19 → 08:5806:56no06:57no19 Mar
Suva08:19 → 09:5806:10no06:10no19 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