Sunrise of Sunday 5 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 · 1939
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 574 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Sunday 5 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 6 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 19:00 on Sun 5 Mar to 15:45 on Mon 6 Mar.
1939-03-05T18:00:23Z → 1939-03-06T14:45:27Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 5th and 06:12 on the 6th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 5th and is on the 6th.
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 34422 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Luanda, 1939: Monday 6 March.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Vasantotsava 1939 falls on Monday 6 March. Pratipadā runs from 19:00 on Sun 5 Mar to 15:45 on Mon 6 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 6 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 6 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 6 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 5th | Covered | Sunrise 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:00 → 06:45 | 06:18 | no | 06:17 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:00 → 08:45 | 06:21 | no | 06:19 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:00 → 09:45 | 06:26 | no | 06:24 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:00 → 10:45 | 06:19 | no | 06:19 | holds | 6 Mar |
| London | 18:00 → 14:45 | 06:40 | no | 06:37 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Durban | 20:00 → 16:45 | 05:49 | no | 05:50 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:00 → 18:45 | 06:39 | no | 06:38 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Delhi | 23:30 → 20:15 | 06:44 | no | 06:42 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Kolkata | 23:30 → 20:15 | 05:56 | no | 05:55 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Singapore | 01:20 → 22:05 | 06:34 | no | 06:34 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:00 → 00:45 | 05:46 | no | 05:46 | holds | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 06:00 → 02:45 | 06:06 | no | 06:07 | holds | 6 Mar |