Sunrise of Sunday 27 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
07:13 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 07:09:31
06:0106:2506:4907:1307:3708:0108:25
Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1994
Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 03 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Sunday 27 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 28 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 07:10 on Sun 27 Mar to 03:27 on Mon 28 Mar.
1994-03-27T11:09:32Z → 1994-03-28T07:26:38Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 07:13 on the 27th and 07:13 on the 28th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 27th and is not on the 28th.
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 183 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Lima, 1994: Sunday 27 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lima, Vasantotsava 1994 falls on Sunday 27 March. Pratipadā runs from 07:10 on Sun 27 Mar to 03:27 on Mon 28 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 3 min 03 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 27 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 27th | Covered | Sunrise 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:10 → 23:27 | 05:47 | holds | 05:46 | no | 27 Mar |
| Chicago | 05:10 → 01:27 | 05:42 | holds | 05:41 | no | 27 Mar |
| Jersey City | 06:10 → 02:27 | 05:49 | no | 05:47 | no | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 07:10 → 03:27 | 06:06 | no | 06:06 | no | 27 Mar |
| London | 12:10 → 08:27 | 06:48 | no | 06:46 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Durban | 13:10 → 09:27 | 06:04 | no | 06:04 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Dubai | 15:10 → 11:27 | 06:16 | no | 06:15 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:40 → 12:57 | 06:18 | no | 06:17 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:40 → 12:57 | 05:35 | no | 05:34 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Singapore | 19:10 → 15:27 | 07:07 | no | 07:07 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:10 → 17:27 | 06:03 | no | 06:04 | holds | 28 Mar |
| Suva | 23:10 → 19:27 | 06:12 | no | 06:12 | holds | 28 Mar |