Sunrise of Wednesday 20 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
06:50 sunrise
05:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1935
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 252 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Wednesday 20 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Thursday 21 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 11:01 on Wed 20 Mar to 12:49 on Thu 21 Mar.
1935-03-20T05:31:19Z → 1935-03-21T07:18:36Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:50 on the 20th and 06:49 on the 21st.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 20th and is on the 21st.
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 15092 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Multan, 1935: Thursday 21 March.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Vasantotsava 1935 falls on Thursday 21 March. Pratipadā runs from 11:01 on Wed 20 Mar to 12:49 on Thu 21 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 21 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 21 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 21 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 20th | Covered | Sunrise 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:31 → 23:19 | 05:58 | holds | 05:57 | no | 20 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:31 → 01:19 | 05:56 | holds | 05:54 | no | 20 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:31 → 02:19 | 06:01 | holds | 06:00 | no | 20 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 01:31 → 03:19 | 06:11 | holds | 06:10 | no | 20 Mar |
| London | 05:31 → 07:19 | 06:06 | holds | 06:04 | holds | 20 Mar |
| Durban | 07:31 → 09:19 | 05:59 | no | 06:00 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Dubai | 09:31 → 11:19 | 06:24 | no | 06:23 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:01 → 12:49 | 06:27 | no | 06:26 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:01 → 12:49 | 05:42 | no | 05:41 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:51 → 14:39 | 06:29 | no | 06:29 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:31 → 17:19 | 05:58 | no | 05:58 | holds | 21 Mar |
| Suva | 17:31 → 19:19 | 06:10 | no | 06:10 | holds | 21 Mar |