Sunrise of Sunday 12 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:59 sunrise
05:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1933
Boundaryin Multan, 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 Sunday 12 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 13 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent 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 06:59 on the 12th and 06:58 on the 13th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 12th and is not on the 13th.
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 2154 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Multan, 1933: Sunday 12 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Multan, Vasantotsava 1933 falls on Sunday 12 March. Pratipadā runs from 08:16 on Sun 12 Mar to 06:22 on Mon 13 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 12 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 12 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 12 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 |