Sunrise of Thursday 8 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
07:37 sunrise
06:2506:4907:1307:3708:0108:2508:49
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2012
Boundaryin Madrid, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 58 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Thursday 8 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Friday 9 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 10:39 on Thu 8 Mar to 07:37 on Fri 9 Mar.
2012-03-08T09:39:29Z → 2012-03-09T06:36:52Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 07:37 on the 8th and 07:36 on the 9th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 8th and is on the 9th.
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 58 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Madrid, 2012: Friday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Madrid, Vasantotsava 2012 falls on Friday 9 March. Pratipadā runs from 10:39 on Thu 8 Mar to 07:37 on Fri 9 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 0 min 58 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Madrid. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:39 → 22:37 | 06:12 | holds | 06:11 | no | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 03:39 → 00:37 | 06:14 | holds | 06:12 | no | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 04:39 → 01:37 | 06:19 | holds | 06:17 | no | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 05:39 → 02:37 | 06:17 | holds | 06:17 | no | 8 Mar |
| London | 09:39 → 06:37 | 06:30 | no | 06:28 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Durban | 11:39 → 08:37 | 05:52 | no | 05:53 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 13:39 → 10:37 | 06:35 | no | 06:34 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:09 → 12:07 | 06:39 | no | 06:38 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:09 → 12:07 | 05:52 | no | 05:51 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 17:39 → 14:37 | 07:13 | no | 07:12 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:39 → 17:37 | 06:49 | no | 06:50 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 21:39 → 18:37 | 06:07 | no | 06:08 | holds | 9 Mar |