Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2053

Wednesday 5 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 668 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 4 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:48 sunrise
05:3606:0006:2406:4807:1207:3608:00

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Wednesday 5 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:46 sunrise
05:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

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 19:10 on Tue 4 Mar to 17:54 on Wed 5 Mar.

    2053-03-04T17:09:48Z → 2053-03-05T15:53:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:48 on the 4th and 06:46 on the 5th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 4th and is on the 5th.

    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 40068 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 2053: Wednesday 5 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 2053 falls on Wednesday 5 March. Pratipadā runs from 19:10 on Tue 4 Mar to 17:54 on Wed 5 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2053/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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 4thCoveredSunrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:10 → 07:5406:17no06:16holds5 Mar
Chicago11:10 → 09:5406:20no06:18holds5 Mar
Jersey City12:10 → 10:5406:25no06:24holds5 Mar
Port of Spain13:10 → 11:5406:19no06:19holds5 Mar
London17:10 → 15:5406:39no06:36holds5 Mar
Durban19:10 → 17:5405:49no05:50holds5 Mar
Dubai21:10 → 19:5406:39no06:38holds5 Mar
Delhi22:40 → 21:2406:43no06:42holds5 Mar
Kolkata22:40 → 21:2405:55no05:55holds5 Mar
Singapore01:10 → 23:5407:14no07:14holds5 Mar
Sydney04:10 → 02:5406:46no06:47holds5 Mar
Suva05:10 → 03:5406:06no06:07holds5 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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