Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2016

Thursday 24 March

Determinatein Lucknow, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 605 minutes.

Decide it for

26°50′ N 80°55′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1264733

The two sunrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Thursday 24 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:06 sunrise
04:5405:1805:4206:0606:3006:5407:18

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 25 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:05 sunrise
04:5305:1705:4106:0506:2906:5307:17

Absent at sunrise

Pratipadā presentSunrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 17:31 on Wed 23 Mar to 20:00 on Thu 24 Mar.

    2016-03-23T12:00:50Z → 2016-03-24T14:30:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:06 on the 24th and 06:05 on the 25th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 24th and is not on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 36277 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Lucknow, 2016: Thursday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lucknow, Vasantotsava 2016 falls on Thursday 24 March. Pratipadā runs from 17:31 on Wed 23 Mar to 20:00 on Thu 24 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/lucknow/festivals/2016/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lucknow.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/vasantotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Pratipadā
Kāla
Sunrise
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 23rdCoveredSunrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:01 → 07:3006:52holds06:51holds23 Mar
Chicago07:01 → 09:3006:48no06:46holds24 Mar
Jersey City08:01 → 10:3006:54no06:53holds24 Mar
Port of Spain08:01 → 10:3006:08no06:08holds24 Mar
London12:01 → 14:3005:56no05:54holds24 Mar
Durban14:01 → 16:3006:02no06:02holds24 Mar
Dubai16:01 → 18:3006:20no06:19holds24 Mar
Delhi17:31 → 20:0006:22no06:20holds24 Mar
Kolkata17:31 → 20:0005:38no05:37holds24 Mar
Singapore20:01 → 22:3007:08no07:08holds24 Mar
Sydney23:01 → 01:3007:01no07:02holds24 Mar
Suva00:01 → 02:3006:11no06:11holds24 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vasantotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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