Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1948

Thursday 25 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 60 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two sunrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Thursday 25 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:10 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 05:10:06
04:5805:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:22

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 26 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:09 sunrise
04:5705:2105:4506:0906:3306:5707:21

Absent at sunrise

Pratipadā presentSunrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 05:10 on Thu 25 Mar to 02:23 on Fri 26 Mar.

    1948-03-25T03:10:07Z → 1948-03-26T00:22:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:10 on the 25th and 06:09 on the 26th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 25th and is not on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 3618 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 1948: Thursday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 1948 falls on Thursday 25 March. Pratipadā runs from 05:10 on Thu 25 Mar to 02:23 on Fri 26 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1948/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/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 clock times.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 25thCoveredSunrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:10 → 17:2306:50holds06:49no25 Mar
Chicago21:10 → 18:2305:46holds05:44no25 Mar
Jersey City22:10 → 19:2305:52holds05:50no25 Mar
Port of Spain23:10 → 20:2306:08holds06:07no25 Mar
London04:10 → 01:2306:53holds06:50no25 Mar
Durban05:10 → 02:2306:02holds06:03no25 Mar
Dubai07:10 → 04:2306:18no06:17no25 Mar
Delhi08:40 → 05:5306:20no06:19no25 Mar
Kolkata08:40 → 05:5305:37no05:36holds26 Mar
Singapore10:40 → 07:5306:38no06:37holds26 Mar
Sydney13:10 → 10:2306:02no06:03holds26 Mar
Suva15:10 → 12:2306:11no06:12holds26 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vasantotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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