Sunrise of Thursday 22 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:49 sunrise
05:3706:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:01
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2046
Boundaryin Algiers, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Thursday 22 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Friday 23 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 10:27 on Thu 22 Mar to 06:45 on Fri 23 Mar.
2046-03-22T09:27:02Z → 2046-03-23T05:44:31Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:49 on the 22nd and 06:47 on the 23rd.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 22nd and is not on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 155 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Algiers, 2046: Thursday 22 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Algiers, Vasantotsava 2046 falls on Thursday 22 March. Pratipadā runs from 10:27 on Thu 22 Mar to 06:45 on Fri 23 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day. It is 2 min 35 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 22 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 22 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 22 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Algiers. | ||
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 22nd | Covered | Sunrise 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:27 → 22:45 | 06:54 | holds | 06:52 | no | 22 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:27 → 00:45 | 06:50 | holds | 06:49 | no | 22 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:27 → 01:45 | 06:56 | holds | 06:55 | no | 22 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 05:27 → 01:45 | 06:09 | holds | 06:09 | no | 22 Mar |
| London | 09:27 → 05:45 | 05:59 | no | 05:57 | no | 22 Mar |
| Durban | 11:27 → 07:45 | 06:01 | no | 06:01 | holds | 23 Mar |
| Dubai | 13:27 → 09:45 | 06:21 | no | 06:20 | holds | 23 Mar |
| Delhi | 14:57 → 11:15 | 06:23 | no | 06:22 | holds | 23 Mar |
| Kolkata | 14:57 → 11:15 | 05:39 | no | 05:38 | holds | 23 Mar |
| Singapore | 17:27 → 13:45 | 07:08 | no | 07:08 | holds | 23 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:27 → 16:45 | 07:00 | no | 07:01 | holds | 23 Mar |
| Suva | 21:27 → 17:45 | 06:11 | no | 06:11 | holds | 23 Mar |