Sunrise of Wednesday 16 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:12 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 06:15:05
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1938
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Wednesday 16 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Thursday 17 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 06:15 on Wed 16 Mar to 05:17 on Thu 17 Mar.
1938-03-16T05:15:06Z → 1938-03-17T04:17:11Z
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 not on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 208 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Luanda, 1938: Wednesday 16 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Luanda, Vasantotsava 1938 falls on Wednesday 16 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:15 on Wed 16 Mar to 05:17 on Thu 17 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day. It is 3 min 28 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 16 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 16 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 16 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 16th | Covered | Sunrise 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:15 → 20:17 | 06:03 | holds | 06:02 | no | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:15 → 22:17 | 06:02 | holds | 06:00 | no | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:15 → 23:17 | 06:08 | holds | 06:06 | no | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 01:15 → 00:17 | 06:13 | holds | 06:13 | no | 16 Mar |
| London | 05:15 → 04:17 | 06:14 | holds | 06:12 | no | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 07:15 → 06:17 | 05:57 | no | 05:57 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Dubai | 09:15 → 08:17 | 06:28 | no | 06:27 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Delhi | 10:45 → 09:47 | 06:31 | no | 06:30 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Kolkata | 10:45 → 09:47 | 05:46 | no | 05:45 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:35 → 11:37 | 06:31 | no | 06:30 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:15 → 14:17 | 05:55 | no | 05:55 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Suva | 17:15 → 16:17 | 06:09 | no | 06:09 | holds | 17 Mar |