Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2070

Thursday 27 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 555 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 Thursday 27 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:06 sunrise
04:5405:1805:4206:0606:3006:5407:18

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 28 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:04 sunrise
04:5205:1605:4006:0406:2806:5207:16

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 19:32 on Wed 26 Mar to 20:50 on Thu 27 Mar.

    2070-03-26T17:31:38Z → 2070-03-27T18:49:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:06 on the 27th and 06:04 on the 28th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 27th and is not on the 28th.

    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 33271 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 2070: Thursday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 2070 falls on Thursday 27 March. Pratipadā runs from 19:32 on Wed 26 Mar to 20:50 on Thu 27 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2070/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 26thCoveredSunrise 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:32 → 11:5006:48no06:47holds27 Mar
Chicago12:32 → 13:5006:43no06:42holds27 Mar
Jersey City13:32 → 14:5006:49no06:48holds27 Mar
Port of Spain13:32 → 14:5006:07no06:06holds27 Mar
London17:32 → 18:5005:49no05:47holds27 Mar
Durban19:32 → 20:5006:03no06:04holds27 Mar
Dubai21:32 → 22:5006:17no06:16holds27 Mar
Delhi23:02 → 00:2006:18no06:17holds27 Mar
Kolkata23:02 → 00:2005:35no05:34holds27 Mar
Singapore01:32 → 02:5007:07no07:07holds27 Mar
Sydney04:32 → 05:5007:03no07:04holds27 Mar
Suva05:32 → 06:5006:12no06:12holds27 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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