Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1952

Wednesday 12 March

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 422 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 11 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:12 sunrise
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Wednesday 12 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:12 sunrise
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24

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 13:14 on Tue 11 Mar to 14:11 on Wed 12 Mar.

    1952-03-11T18:13:56Z → 1952-03-12T19:11:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 11th and 06:12 on the 12th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 11th and is on the 12th.

    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 25322 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Lima, 1952: Wednesday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Vasantotsava 1952 falls on Wednesday 12 March. Pratipadā runs from 13:14 on Tue 11 Mar to 14:11 on Wed 12 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1952/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 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 11thCoveredSunrise 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:14 → 11:1106:09no06:08holds12 Mar
Chicago12:14 → 13:1106:09no06:08holds12 Mar
Jersey City13:14 → 14:1106:15no06:13holds12 Mar
Port of Spain14:14 → 15:1106:16no06:15holds12 Mar
London18:14 → 19:1106:24no06:22holds12 Mar
Durban20:14 → 21:1105:54no05:54holds12 Mar
Dubai22:14 → 23:1106:33no06:32holds12 Mar
Delhi23:44 → 00:4106:36no06:35holds12 Mar
Kolkata23:44 → 00:4105:50no05:49holds12 Mar
Singapore01:44 → 02:4106:42no06:42holds12 Mar
Sydney04:14 → 05:1105:51no05:52holds12 Mar
Suva06:14 → 07:1106:08no06:08no13 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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