Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1917

Friday 9 March

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 28 minutes.

Decide it for

22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733

The two sunrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Friday 9 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:01 sunrise
04:4905:1305:3706:0106:2506:4907:13

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Saturday 10 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:00 sunrise
Pratipadā ends 05:32:41
04:4805:1205:3606:0006:2406:4807:12

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 03:51 on Fri 9 Mar to 05:32 on Sat 10 Mar.

    1917-03-08T21:57:40Z → 1917-03-09T23:39:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:01 on the 9th and 06:00 on the 10th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 9th and is not on the 10th.

    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 1669 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Chattogram, 1917: Friday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Vasantotsava 1917 falls on Friday 9 March. Pratipadā runs from 03:51 on Fri 9 Mar to 05:32 on Sat 10 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/1917/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:58 → 15:3906:14no06:12holds9 Mar
Chicago15:58 → 17:3906:15no06:14holds9 Mar
Jersey City16:58 → 18:3906:20no06:19holds9 Mar
Port of Spain17:58 → 19:3906:18no06:17holds9 Mar
London21:58 → 23:3906:32no06:30holds9 Mar
Durban23:58 → 01:3905:52no05:52holds9 Mar
Dubai01:39 → 03:2006:17no06:16holds9 Mar
Delhi03:28 → 05:0906:40no06:39holds9 Mar
Kolkata03:28 → 05:0905:53no05:52holds9 Mar
Singapore04:58 → 06:3906:13no06:13holds9 Mar
Sydney08:58 → 10:3906:48no06:49no10 Mar
Suva09:58 → 11:3906:07no06:08no10 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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