Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2026

Wednesday 4 March

Determinatein Delhi, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 606 minutes.

Decide it for

28°39′ N 77°14′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1273294

The two sunrises

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

Sunrise of Tuesday 3 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:45 sunrise
05:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:3307:57

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Wednesday 4 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

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

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 17:08 on Tue 3 Mar to 16:49 on Wed 4 Mar.

    2026-03-03T11:37:54Z → 2026-03-04T11:19:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:45 on the 3rd and 06:44 on the 4th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 3rd and is on the 4th.

    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 36354 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Delhi, 2026: Wednesday 4 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Delhi, Vasantotsava 2026 falls on Wednesday 4 March. Pratipadā runs from 17:08 on Tue 3 Mar to 16:49 on Wed 4 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/delhi/festivals/2026/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Delhi.

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 3rdCoveredSunrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:38 → 03:1906:19holds06:18no3 Mar
Chicago05:38 → 05:1906:22holds06:21no3 Mar
Jersey City06:38 → 06:1906:27no06:26no3 Mar
Port of Spain07:38 → 07:1906:20no06:19holds4 Mar
London11:38 → 11:1906:42no06:40holds4 Mar
Durban13:38 → 13:1905:48no05:49holds4 Mar
Dubai15:38 → 15:1906:40no06:39holds4 Mar
Delhi17:08 → 16:4906:45no06:44holds4 Mar
Kolkata17:08 → 16:4905:57no05:56holds4 Mar
Singapore19:38 → 19:1907:14no07:14holds4 Mar
Sydney22:38 → 22:1906:45no06:45holds4 Mar
Suva23:38 → 23:1906:06no06:06holds4 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