Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1995

Friday 17 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 180 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 Friday 17 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:26 sunrise
05:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:38

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Saturday 18 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:24 sunrise
05:1205:3606:0006:2406:4807:1207:36

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 03:26 on Fri 17 Mar to 01:26 on Sat 18 Mar.

    1995-03-17T01:25:37Z → 1995-03-17T23:25:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:26 on the 17th and 06:24 on the 18th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 17th and is not on the 18th.

    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 10814 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 1995: Friday 17 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 1995 falls on Friday 17 March. Pratipadā runs from 03:26 on Fri 17 Mar to 01:26 on Sat 18 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1995/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 17 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 17 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 17 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 17thCoveredSunrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:26 → 15:2606:01holds06:00no17 Mar
Chicago19:26 → 17:2606:00holds05:58no17 Mar
Jersey City20:26 → 18:2606:06holds06:04no17 Mar
Port of Spain21:26 → 19:2606:13holds06:12no17 Mar
London01:26 → 23:2606:12holds06:09no17 Mar
Durban03:26 → 01:2605:57holds05:58no17 Mar
Dubai05:26 → 03:2606:27holds06:26no17 Mar
Delhi06:56 → 04:5606:30no06:29no17 Mar
Kolkata06:56 → 04:5605:44no05:44no17 Mar
Singapore09:26 → 07:2607:10no07:10holds18 Mar
Sydney11:26 → 09:2605:56no05:56holds18 Mar
Suva13:26 → 11:2606:09no06:10holds18 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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