Sunrise of Sunday 16 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
06:12 sunrise
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2014
Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 356 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Sunday 16 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 17 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 12:08 on Sun 16 Mar to 13:02 on Mon 17 Mar.
2014-03-16T17:08:20Z → 2014-03-17T18:01:55Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 16th and 06:12 on the 17th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 16th and is on the 17th.
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 21372 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Lima, 2014: Monday 17 March.
confidence: determinate
In Lima, Vasantotsava 2014 falls on Monday 17 March. Pratipadā runs from 12:08 on Sun 16 Mar to 13:02 on Mon 17 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 17 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 17 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 17 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 16th | Covered | Sunrise 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:08 → 11:02 | 07:02 | no | 07:01 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:08 → 13:02 | 07:01 | no | 06:59 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:08 → 14:02 | 07:07 | no | 07:05 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 13:08 → 14:02 | 06:13 | no | 06:12 | holds | 17 Mar |
| London | 17:08 → 18:02 | 06:13 | no | 06:11 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Durban | 19:08 → 20:02 | 05:57 | no | 05:58 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Dubai | 21:08 → 22:02 | 06:27 | no | 06:26 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:38 → 23:32 | 06:30 | no | 06:29 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:38 → 23:32 | 05:45 | no | 05:44 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Singapore | 01:08 → 02:02 | 07:10 | no | 07:10 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:08 → 05:02 | 06:55 | no | 06:56 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Suva | 05:08 → 06:02 | 06:09 | no | 06:10 | holds | 17 Mar |