Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2043

Thursday 26 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 291 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 26 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:22 sunrise
05:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:34

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 27 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:20 sunrise
05:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:32

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 23:26 on Wed 25 Mar to 01:29 on Fri 27 Mar.

    2043-03-25T14:26:22Z → 2043-03-26T16:28:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:22 on the 26th and 06:20 on the 27th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 26th and is not on the 27th.

    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 17483 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Daegu, 2043: Thursday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Vasantotsava 2043 falls on Thursday 26 March. Pratipadā runs from 23:26 on Wed 25 Mar to 01:29 on Fri 27 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2043/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 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 25thCoveredSunrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:26 → 09:2906:50no06:49holds26 Mar
Chicago09:26 → 11:2906:46no06:44holds26 Mar
Jersey City10:26 → 12:2906:52no06:50holds26 Mar
Port of Spain10:26 → 12:2906:08no06:07holds26 Mar
London14:26 → 16:2905:53no05:50holds26 Mar
Durban16:26 → 18:2906:02no06:03holds26 Mar
Dubai18:26 → 20:2906:18no06:17holds26 Mar
Delhi19:56 → 21:5906:20no06:19holds26 Mar
Kolkata19:56 → 21:5905:37no05:36holds26 Mar
Singapore22:26 → 00:2907:08no07:07holds26 Mar
Sydney01:26 → 03:2907:02no07:03holds26 Mar
Suva02:26 → 04:2906:11no06:12holds26 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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