Sunrise of Monday 20 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
05:59 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 06:44:20
04:4705:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:11
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2000
Boundaryin Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Monday 20 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Tuesday 21 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 06:44 on Mon 20 Mar to 05:52 on Tue 21 Mar.
2000-03-20T04:44:21Z → 2000-03-21T03:52:01Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 05:59 on the 20th and 05:58 on the 21st.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 20th and is not on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 346 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Cairo, 2000: Monday 20 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Cairo, Vasantotsava 2000 falls on Monday 20 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:44 on Mon 20 Mar to 05:52 on Tue 21 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 20 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 20 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 20 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vasantotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunrise 20th | Covered | Sunrise 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:44 → 19:52 | 05:56 | holds | 05:55 | no | 20 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:44 → 21:52 | 05:54 | holds | 05:52 | no | 20 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:44 → 22:52 | 05:59 | holds | 05:58 | no | 20 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:44 → 23:52 | 06:10 | holds | 06:10 | no | 20 Mar |
| London | 04:44 → 03:52 | 06:03 | holds | 06:01 | no | 20 Mar |
| Durban | 06:44 → 05:52 | 06:00 | no | 06:00 | no | 20 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:44 → 07:52 | 06:23 | no | 06:22 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Delhi | 10:14 → 09:22 | 06:25 | no | 06:24 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Kolkata | 10:14 → 09:22 | 05:41 | no | 05:40 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:44 → 11:52 | 07:09 | no | 07:09 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:44 → 14:52 | 06:58 | no | 06:59 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Suva | 16:44 → 15:52 | 06:10 | no | 06:11 | holds | 21 Mar |