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Ruling · 2065 · Doha

Vasantotsava

Monday 23 March2065 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 230 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 230 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 Sunday 22 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:36 sunrise
04:2404:4805:1205:3606:0006:2406:48

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Monday 23 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:35 sunrise
04:2304:4705:1105:3505:5906:2306:47

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 12:57 on Sun 22 Mar to 09:25 on Mon 23 Mar.

    2065-03-22T09:56:54Z → 2065-03-23T06:25:00Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:36 on the 22nd and 05:35 on the 23rd.

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

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 22nd and is on the 23rd.

    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 13814 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Doha, 2065: Monday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Vasantotsava 2065 falls on Monday 23 March. Pratipadā runs from 12:57 on Sun 22 Mar to 09:25 on Mon 23 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2065/vasantotsavapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 23 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 22ndCoveredSunrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:57 → 23:2506:53holds06:52no22 Mar
Chicago04:57 → 01:2506:50holds06:48no22 Mar
Jersey City05:57 → 02:2506:56holds06:54no22 Mar
Port of Spain05:57 → 02:2506:09holds06:08no22 Mar
London09:57 → 06:2505:58no05:56holds23 Mar
Durban11:57 → 08:2506:01no06:02holds23 Mar
Dubai13:57 → 10:2506:21no06:20holds23 Mar
Delhi15:27 → 11:5506:23no06:22holds23 Mar
Kolkata15:27 → 11:5505:39no05:38holds23 Mar
Singapore17:57 → 14:2507:08no07:08holds23 Mar
Sydney20:57 → 17:2507:00no07:01holds23 Mar
Suva21:57 → 18:2506:11no06:11holds23 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