Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2050

Wednesday 9 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 253 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 Wednesday 9 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:46 sunrise
05:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Thursday 10 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:44 sunrise
05:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:3207:56

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 00:23 on Wed 9 Mar to 02:31 on Thu 10 Mar.

    2050-03-08T15:23:20Z → 2050-03-09T17:30:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:46 on the 9th and 06:44 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 15208 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Daegu, 2050: Wednesday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Vasantotsava 2050 falls on Wednesday 9 March. Pratipadā runs from 00:23 on Wed 9 Mar to 02:31 on Thu 10 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2050/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:23 → 09:3106:13no06:11holds9 Mar
Chicago09:23 → 11:3106:14no06:12holds9 Mar
Jersey City10:23 → 12:3106:19no06:18holds9 Mar
Port of Spain11:23 → 13:3106:17no06:17holds9 Mar
London15:23 → 17:3106:30no06:28holds9 Mar
Durban17:23 → 19:3105:52no05:53holds9 Mar
Dubai19:23 → 21:3106:35no06:34holds9 Mar
Delhi20:53 → 23:0106:39no06:38holds9 Mar
Kolkata20:53 → 23:0105:52no05:51holds9 Mar
Singapore23:23 → 01:3107:13no07:12holds9 Mar
Sydney02:23 → 04:3106:49no06:50holds9 Mar
Suva03:23 → 05:3106:07no06:08holds9 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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