Sunrise of Monday 29 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
06:13 sunrise
05:0105:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:25
Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1926
Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 06 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Monday 29 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Tuesday 30 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 05:00 on Mon 29 Mar to 06:09 on Tue 30 Mar.
1926-03-29T10:00:05Z → 1926-03-30T11:08:36Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:13 on the 29th and 06:13 on the 30th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 29th and is not on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 246 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Lima, 1926: Monday 29 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lima, Vasantotsava 1926 falls on Monday 29 March. Pratipadā runs from 05:00 on Mon 29 Mar to 06:09 on Tue 30 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 4 min 06 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 29 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 29 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 29 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vasantotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Sunrise 29th | Covered | Sunrise 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:00 → 03:09 | 05:45 | holds | 05:44 | no | 29 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:00 → 05:09 | 05:40 | holds | 05:38 | no | 29 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:00 → 06:09 | 05:46 | holds | 05:45 | holds | 29 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:00 → 07:09 | 06:06 | holds | 06:05 | holds | 29 Mar |
| London | 10:00 → 11:09 | 05:45 | no | 05:43 | holds | 30 Mar |
| Durban | 12:00 → 13:09 | 06:04 | no | 06:05 | holds | 30 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:00 → 15:09 | 06:15 | no | 06:14 | holds | 30 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:30 → 16:39 | 06:16 | no | 06:15 | holds | 30 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:30 → 16:39 | 05:33 | no | 05:32 | holds | 30 Mar |
| Singapore | 17:00 → 18:09 | 06:06 | no | 06:06 | holds | 30 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:00 → 21:09 | 06:05 | no | 06:05 | holds | 30 Mar |
| Suva | 22:00 → 23:09 | 06:12 | no | 06:12 | holds | 30 Mar |