Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1901

Tuesday 5 March

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 75 minutes.

Decide it for

12°03′ S 77°02′ W · America/Lima · GeoNames 3936456

The two sunrises

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

Sunrise of Tuesday 5 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:02 sunrise
04:5005:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:14

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Wednesday 6 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:02 sunrise
04:5005:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:14

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 02:55 on Tue 5 Mar to 04:47 on Wed 6 Mar.

    1901-03-05T08:04:09Z → 1901-03-06T09:56:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:02 on the 5th and 06:02 on the 6th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.

    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 4501 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Lima, 1901: Tuesday 5 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Vasantotsava 1901 falls on Tuesday 5 March. Pratipadā runs from 02:55 on Tue 5 Mar to 04:47 on Wed 6 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1901/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 5thCoveredSunrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:04 → 01:5606:18holds06:16no5 Mar
Chicago02:04 → 03:5606:20holds06:19no5 Mar
Jersey City03:04 → 04:5606:25holds06:24no5 Mar
Port of Spain04:04 → 05:5606:19holds06:19no5 Mar
London08:04 → 09:5606:39no06:37holds6 Mar
Durban09:34 → 11:2605:20no05:20holds6 Mar
Dubai11:45 → 13:3706:20no06:19holds6 Mar
Delhi13:25 → 15:1706:34no06:33holds6 Mar
Kolkata13:25 → 15:1705:47no05:46holds6 Mar
Singapore14:59 → 16:5106:09no06:09holds6 Mar
Sydney18:04 → 19:5605:46no05:47holds6 Mar
Suva19:59 → 21:5106:01no06:02holds6 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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