Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2009

Wednesday 11 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 118 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 11 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:36 sunrise
05:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:2407:48

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Thursday 12 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

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

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 04:38 on Wed 11 Mar to 03:02 on Thu 12 Mar.

    2009-03-11T02:37:44Z → 2009-03-12T01:01:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:36 on the 11th and 06:34 on the 12th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 11th and is not on the 12th.

    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 7075 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 2009: Wednesday 11 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 2009 falls on Wednesday 11 March. Pratipadā runs from 04:38 on Wed 11 Mar to 03:02 on Thu 12 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2009/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 Angeles19:38 → 18:0207:09holds07:07no11 Mar
Chicago21:38 → 20:0207:09holds07:07no11 Mar
Jersey City22:38 → 21:0207:14holds07:13no11 Mar
Port of Spain22:38 → 21:0206:16holds06:15no11 Mar
London02:38 → 01:0206:24holds06:22no11 Mar
Durban04:38 → 03:0205:54holds05:55no11 Mar
Dubai06:38 → 05:0206:32no06:31no11 Mar
Delhi08:08 → 06:3206:36no06:35no11 Mar
Kolkata08:08 → 06:3205:49no05:49holds12 Mar
Singapore10:38 → 09:0207:12no07:12holds12 Mar
Sydney13:38 → 12:0206:51no06:52holds12 Mar
Suva14:38 → 13:0206:08no06:08holds12 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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