Sunrise of Thursday 28 March
Taken. Both sunrises qualify; the rule takes the first.
05:52 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 05:30:22
04:4005:0405:2805:5206:1606:4007:04
Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2097
Boundaryin Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 10 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Thursday 28 March
Taken. Both sunrises qualify; the rule takes the first.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Friday 29 March
Pratipadā holds at sunrise here too. Not taken.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 05:30 on Thu 28 Mar to 05:52 on Fri 29 Mar.
2097-03-27T21:30:22Z → 2097-03-28T21:51:59Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 05:52 on the 28th and 05:51 on the 29th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 28th and is on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both sunrises qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 70 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Shaoxing, 2097: Thursday 28 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Shaoxing, Vasantotsava 2097 falls on Thursday 28 March. Pratipadā runs from 05:30 on Thu 28 Mar to 05:52 on Fri 29 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 1 min 10 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 28 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 28 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vasantotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunrise 27th | Covered | Sunrise 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:30 → 14:52 | 06:46 | no | 06:45 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:30 → 16:52 | 06:41 | no | 06:39 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:30 → 17:52 | 06:47 | no | 06:46 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:30 → 17:52 | 06:06 | no | 06:05 | holds | 28 Mar |
| London | 21:30 → 21:52 | 05:46 | no | 05:44 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Durban | 23:30 → 23:52 | 06:04 | no | 06:05 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:30 → 01:52 | 06:15 | no | 06:14 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:00 → 03:22 | 06:17 | no | 06:16 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:00 → 03:22 | 05:34 | no | 05:33 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:30 → 05:52 | 07:07 | no | 07:06 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:30 → 08:52 | 07:04 | no | 07:05 | no | 29 Mar |
| Suva | 09:30 → 09:52 | 06:12 | no | 06:12 | no | 29 Mar |