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Ruling · 2048 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Sunday 1 March2048 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 605 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 605 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 29 February

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:58 sunrise
04:4605:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:10

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Sunday 1 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:57 sunrise
04:4505:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:09

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 17:38 on Sat 29 Feb to 16:01 on Sun 1 Mar.

    2048-02-29T14:38:13Z → 2048-03-01T13:01:19Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:58 on the 29th and 05:57 on the 1st.

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

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 29th and is on the 1st.

    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 36280 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2048: Sunday 1 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2048 falls on Sunday 1 March. Pratipadā runs from 17:38 on Sat 29 Feb to 16:01 on Sun 1 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2048/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 29thCoveredSunrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:38 → 05:0106:22no06:21no29 Feb
Chicago08:38 → 07:0106:26no06:25holds1 Mar
Jersey City09:38 → 08:0106:31no06:29holds1 Mar
Port of Spain10:38 → 09:0106:21no06:21holds1 Mar
London14:38 → 13:0106:47no06:45holds1 Mar
Durban16:38 → 15:0105:47no05:48holds1 Mar
Dubai18:38 → 17:0106:42no06:41holds1 Mar
Delhi20:08 → 18:3106:47no06:46holds1 Mar
Kolkata20:08 → 18:3105:59no05:58holds1 Mar
Singapore22:38 → 21:0107:15no07:14holds1 Mar
Sydney01:38 → 00:0106:43no06:43holds1 Mar
Suva02:38 → 01:0106:05no06:05holds1 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