Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1952

Wednesday 12 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 561 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 Wednesday 12 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:34 sunrise
05:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:46

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Thursday 13 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:32 sunrise
05:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:44

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 20:14 on Tue 11 Mar to 21:11 on Wed 12 Mar.

    1952-03-11T18:13:56Z → 1952-03-12T19:11:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:34 on the 12th and 06:32 on the 13th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 12th and is not on the 13th.

    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 33667 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 1952: Wednesday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 1952 falls on Wednesday 12 March. Pratipadā runs from 20:14 on Tue 11 Mar to 21:11 on Wed 12 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1952/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 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 11thCoveredSunrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:14 → 11:1106:09no06:08holds12 Mar
Chicago12:14 → 13:1106:09no06:08holds12 Mar
Jersey City13:14 → 14:1106:15no06:13holds12 Mar
Port of Spain14:14 → 15:1106:16no06:15holds12 Mar
London18:14 → 19:1106:24no06:22holds12 Mar
Durban20:14 → 21:1105:54no05:54holds12 Mar
Dubai22:14 → 23:1106:33no06:32holds12 Mar
Delhi23:44 → 00:4106:36no06:35holds12 Mar
Kolkata23:44 → 00:4105:50no05:49holds12 Mar
Singapore01:44 → 02:4106:42no06:42holds12 Mar
Sydney04:14 → 05:1105:51no05:52holds12 Mar
Suva06:14 → 07:1106:08no06:08no13 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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