Sunrise of Sunday 8 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
06:12 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 06:13:31
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1936
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 44 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Sunday 8 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 9 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 06:14 on Sun 8 Mar to 08:35 on Mon 9 Mar.
1936-03-08T05:13:31Z → 1936-03-09T07:35:09Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 8th and 06:12 on the 9th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 8th and is on the 9th.
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 104 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Luanda, 1936: Monday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Luanda, Vasantotsava 1936 falls on Monday 9 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:14 on Sun 8 Mar to 08:35 on Mon 9 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 1 min 44 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 9 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:14 → 23:35 | 06:13 | holds | 06:12 | no | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 00:14 → 02:35 | 07:15 | holds | 07:13 | no | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:14 → 02:35 | 06:20 | holds | 06:18 | no | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 01:14 → 03:35 | 06:18 | holds | 06:17 | no | 8 Mar |
| London | 05:14 → 07:35 | 06:31 | holds | 06:29 | holds | 8 Mar |
| Durban | 07:14 → 09:35 | 05:52 | no | 05:52 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 09:14 → 11:35 | 06:36 | no | 06:35 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 10:44 → 13:05 | 06:40 | no | 06:38 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 10:44 → 13:05 | 05:53 | no | 05:52 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:34 → 14:55 | 06:33 | no | 06:33 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:14 → 17:35 | 05:49 | no | 05:50 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 17:14 → 19:35 | 06:07 | no | 06:08 | holds | 9 Mar |