Sunrise of Saturday 13 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:12 sunrise
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2055
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 Saturday 13 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Sunday 14 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 09:57 on Sat 13 Mar to 06:08 on Sun 14 Mar.
2055-03-13T08:57:25Z → 2055-03-14T05:07:46Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 13th and 06:12 on the 14th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 13th and is not on the 14th.
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 232 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Luanda, 2055: Saturday 13 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Luanda, Vasantotsava 2055 falls on Saturday 13 March. Pratipadā runs from 09:57 on Sat 13 Mar to 06:08 on Sun 14 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day. It is 3 min 52 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 13 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 13 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 13 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 13th | Covered | Sunrise 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:57 → 21:08 | 06:06 | holds | 07:05 | no | 13 Mar |
| Chicago | 02:57 → 23:08 | 06:06 | holds | 07:04 | no | 13 Mar |
| Jersey City | 03:57 → 00:08 | 06:11 | holds | 07:10 | no | 13 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 04:57 → 01:08 | 06:15 | holds | 06:14 | no | 13 Mar |
| London | 08:57 → 05:08 | 06:20 | no | 06:17 | no | 13 Mar |
| Durban | 10:57 → 07:08 | 05:55 | no | 05:56 | holds | 14 Mar |
| Dubai | 12:57 → 09:08 | 06:31 | no | 06:29 | holds | 14 Mar |
| Delhi | 14:27 → 10:38 | 06:34 | no | 06:33 | holds | 14 Mar |
| Kolkata | 14:27 → 10:38 | 05:48 | no | 05:47 | holds | 14 Mar |
| Singapore | 16:57 → 13:08 | 07:11 | no | 07:11 | holds | 14 Mar |
| Sydney | 19:57 → 16:08 | 06:53 | no | 06:54 | holds | 14 Mar |
| Suva | 20:57 → 17:08 | 06:09 | no | 06:09 | holds | 14 Mar |