Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2049

Saturday 20 March

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 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 Friday 19 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:12 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 07:23:23
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Saturday 20 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:12 sunrise
Pratipadā ends 07:07:40
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 07:23 on Fri 19 Mar to 07:08 on Sat 20 Mar.

    2049-03-19T12:23:23Z → 2049-03-20T12:07:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 19th and 06:12 on the 20th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 19th and is on the 20th.

    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 3318 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Lima, 2049: Saturday 20 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Vasantotsava 2049 falls on Saturday 20 March. Pratipadā runs from 07:23 on Fri 19 Mar to 07:08 on Sat 20 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2049/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 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 19thCoveredSunrise 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:23 → 05:0806:57holds06:56no19 Mar
Chicago07:23 → 07:0806:55no06:53holds20 Mar
Jersey City08:23 → 08:0807:01no06:59holds20 Mar
Port of Spain08:23 → 08:0806:11no06:10holds20 Mar
London12:23 → 12:0806:05no06:03holds20 Mar
Durban14:23 → 14:0805:59no06:00holds20 Mar
Dubai16:23 → 16:0806:24no06:23holds20 Mar
Delhi17:53 → 17:3806:26no06:25holds20 Mar
Kolkata17:53 → 17:3805:42no05:41holds20 Mar
Singapore20:23 → 20:0807:09no07:09holds20 Mar
Sydney23:23 → 23:0806:58no06:59holds20 Mar
Suva00:23 → 00:0806:10no06:10holds20 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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