Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2064

Monday 3 March

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

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 Monday 3 March

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.

06:49 sunrise
05:3706:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:01

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Tuesday 4 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:47 sunrise
Pratipadā ends 06:32:48
05:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59

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 10:20 on Mon 3 Mar to 06:33 on Tue 4 Mar.

    2064-03-03T08:19:34Z → 2064-03-04T04:32:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:49 on the 3rd and 06:47 on the 4th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 3rd and is not on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 852 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 2064: Monday 3 March.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 2064 falls on Monday 3 March. Pratipadā runs from 10:20 on Mon 3 Mar to 06:33 on Tue 4 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2064/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 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 3rdCoveredSunrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:20 → 20:3306:18holds06:17no3 Mar
Chicago02:20 → 22:3306:21holds06:20no3 Mar
Jersey City03:20 → 23:3306:26holds06:25no3 Mar
Port of Spain04:20 → 00:3306:20holds06:19no3 Mar
London08:20 → 04:3306:40no06:38no3 Mar
Durban10:20 → 06:3305:49no05:50holds4 Mar
Dubai12:20 → 08:3306:40no06:39holds4 Mar
Delhi13:50 → 10:0306:44no06:43holds4 Mar
Kolkata13:50 → 10:0305:56no05:55holds4 Mar
Singapore16:20 → 12:3307:14no07:14holds4 Mar
Sydney19:20 → 15:3306:45no06:46holds4 Mar
Suva20:20 → 16:3306:06no06:06holds4 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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