Sunrise of Thursday 1 March
Taken. Both sunrises qualify; the rule takes the first.
06:11 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 05:25:34
04:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:23
Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1934
Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 12 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Thursday 1 March
Taken. Both sunrises qualify; the rule takes the first.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Friday 2 March
Pratipadā holds at sunrise here too. Not taken.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 05:26 on Thu 1 Mar to 06:15 on Fri 2 Mar.
1934-03-01T10:25:35Z → 1934-03-02T11:15:09Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:11 on the 1st and 06:11 on the 2nd.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 1st and is on the 2nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both sunrises qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 252 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Lima, 1934: Thursday 1 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lima, Vasantotsava 1934 falls on Thursday 1 March. Pratipadā runs from 05:26 on Thu 1 Mar to 06:15 on Fri 2 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 4 min 12 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 1 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 1 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 1 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 1st | Covered | Sunrise 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:26 → 03:15 | 06:23 | holds | 06:21 | no | 1 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:26 → 05:15 | 06:27 | holds | 06:25 | no | 1 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:26 → 06:15 | 06:32 | holds | 06:30 | no | 1 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:26 → 07:15 | 06:21 | no | 06:21 | holds | 2 Mar |
| London | 10:26 → 11:15 | 06:48 | no | 06:46 | holds | 2 Mar |
| Durban | 12:26 → 13:15 | 05:47 | no | 05:47 | holds | 2 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:26 → 15:15 | 06:43 | no | 06:42 | holds | 2 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:56 → 16:45 | 06:48 | no | 06:46 | holds | 2 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:56 → 16:45 | 05:59 | no | 05:58 | holds | 2 Mar |
| Singapore | 17:46 → 18:35 | 06:35 | no | 06:35 | holds | 2 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:26 → 21:15 | 05:42 | no | 05:43 | holds | 2 Mar |
| Suva | 22:26 → 23:15 | 06:05 | no | 06:05 | holds | 2 Mar |