Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1992

Thursday 19 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 194 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 Thursday 19 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:31 sunrise
05:1905:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:43

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 20 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:30 sunrise
05:1805:4206:0606:3006:5407:1807:42

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 03:18 on Thu 19 Mar to 00:34 on Fri 20 Mar.

    1992-03-18T18:17:48Z → 1992-03-19T15:34:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:31 on the 19th and 06:30 on the 20th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 19th and is not on the 20th.

    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 11611 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Daegu, 1992: Thursday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Vasantotsava 1992 falls on Thursday 19 March. Pratipadā runs from 03:18 on Thu 19 Mar to 00:34 on Fri 20 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1992/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredSunrise 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:18 → 07:3405:59no05:58holds19 Mar
Chicago12:18 → 09:3405:57no05:55holds19 Mar
Jersey City13:18 → 10:3406:03no06:01holds19 Mar
Port of Spain14:18 → 11:3406:12no06:11holds19 Mar
London18:18 → 15:3406:08no06:05holds19 Mar
Durban20:18 → 17:3405:58no05:59holds19 Mar
Dubai22:18 → 19:3406:25no06:24holds19 Mar
Delhi23:48 → 21:0406:28no06:27holds19 Mar
Kolkata23:48 → 21:0405:43no05:42holds19 Mar
Singapore02:18 → 23:3407:10no07:09holds19 Mar
Sydney04:18 → 01:3405:57no05:58holds19 Mar
Suva06:18 → 03:3406:10no06:10no19 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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