Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1955

Wednesday 9 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 658 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 Tuesday 8 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:43 sunrise
05:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:3107:55

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Wednesday 9 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:41 sunrise
05:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:53

Holds 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 17:41 on Tue 8 Mar to 17:54 on Wed 9 Mar.

    1955-03-08T15:41:13Z → 1955-03-09T15:54:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:43 on the 8th and 06:41 on the 9th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 8th and is on the 9th.

    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 39509 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 1955: Wednesday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 1955 falls on Wednesday 9 March. Pratipadā runs from 17:41 on Tue 8 Mar to 17:54 on Wed 9 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1955/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:41 → 07:5406:14no06:13holds9 Mar
Chicago09:41 → 09:5406:16no06:14holds9 Mar
Jersey City10:41 → 10:5406:21no06:19holds9 Mar
Port of Spain11:41 → 11:5406:18no06:17holds9 Mar
London15:41 → 15:5406:33no06:30holds9 Mar
Durban17:41 → 17:5405:51no05:52holds9 Mar
Dubai19:41 → 19:5406:36no06:35holds9 Mar
Delhi21:11 → 21:2406:40no06:39holds9 Mar
Kolkata21:11 → 21:2405:53no05:52holds9 Mar
Singapore23:11 → 23:2406:43no06:43holds9 Mar
Sydney01:41 → 01:5405:48no05:49holds9 Mar
Suva03:41 → 03:5406:07no06:07holds9 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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