Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1905

Wednesday 22 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 219 minutes.

Decide it for

35°52′ N 128°36′ E · Asia/Seoul · GeoNames 1835329

The two sunrises

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

Sunrise of Tuesday 21 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:57 sunrise
04:4505:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:09

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Wednesday 22 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:55 sunrise
04:4305:0705:3105:5506:1906:4307:07

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 13:22 on Tue 21 Mar to 09:34 on Wed 22 Mar.

    1905-03-21T04:55:26Z → 1905-03-22T01:07:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:57 on the 21st and 05:55 on the 22nd.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 21st and is on the 22nd.

    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 13124 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Daegu, 1905: Wednesday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Vasantotsava 1905 falls on Wednesday 22 March. Pratipadā runs from 13:22 on Tue 21 Mar to 09:34 on Wed 22 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1905/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 21stCoveredSunrise 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:55 → 17:0705:56holds05:55no21 Mar
Chicago22:55 → 19:0705:54holds05:52no21 Mar
Jersey City23:55 → 20:0705:59holds05:58no21 Mar
Port of Spain00:55 → 21:0706:10holds06:10no21 Mar
London04:55 → 01:0706:03holds06:01no21 Mar
Durban06:55 → 03:0706:00no06:00no21 Mar
Dubai08:36 → 04:4806:04no06:03no21 Mar
Delhi10:16 → 06:2806:16no06:15holds22 Mar
Kolkata10:16 → 06:2805:32no05:31holds22 Mar
Singapore11:50 → 08:0206:04no06:04holds22 Mar
Sydney14:55 → 11:0705:59no05:59holds22 Mar
Suva16:50 → 13:0206:05no06:06holds22 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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