Sunrise of Sunday 12 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
06:20 sunrise
05:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:32
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1933
Boundaryin Lucknow, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 42 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Sunday 12 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 13 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 08:16 on Sun 12 Mar to 06:22 on Mon 13 Mar.
1933-03-12T02:45:36Z → 1933-03-13T00:51:44Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:20 on the 12th and 06:19 on the 13th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 12th and is on the 13th.
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 162 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Lucknow, 1933: Monday 13 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lucknow, Vasantotsava 1933 falls on Monday 13 March. Pratipadā runs from 08:16 on Sun 12 Mar to 06:22 on Mon 13 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 2 min 42 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 13 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 12 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 13 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lucknow. | ||
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 12th | Covered | Sunrise 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:46 → 16:52 | 06:08 | holds | 06:07 | no | 12 Mar |
| Chicago | 20:46 → 18:52 | 06:08 | holds | 06:07 | no | 12 Mar |
| Jersey City | 21:46 → 19:52 | 06:14 | holds | 06:12 | no | 12 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 22:46 → 20:52 | 06:15 | holds | 06:15 | no | 12 Mar |
| London | 02:46 → 00:52 | 06:23 | holds | 06:21 | no | 12 Mar |
| Durban | 04:46 → 02:52 | 05:54 | holds | 05:55 | no | 12 Mar |
| Dubai | 06:46 → 04:52 | 06:32 | no | 06:31 | no | 12 Mar |
| Delhi | 08:16 → 06:22 | 06:35 | no | 06:34 | no | 12 Mar |
| Kolkata | 08:16 → 06:22 | 05:49 | no | 05:48 | holds | 13 Mar |
| Singapore | 10:06 → 08:12 | 06:32 | no | 06:32 | holds | 13 Mar |
| Sydney | 12:46 → 10:52 | 05:52 | no | 05:53 | holds | 13 Mar |
| Suva | 14:46 → 12:52 | 06:08 | no | 06:09 | holds | 13 Mar |