Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1945

Tuesday 27 February

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 28 minutes.

Decide it for

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two sunrises

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

Sunrise of Tuesday 27 February

Taken. Both sunrises qualify; the rule takes the first.

08:13 sunrise
07:0107:2507:4908:1308:3709:0109:25

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Wednesday 28 February

Pratipadā holds at sunrise here too. Not taken.

08:12 sunrise
Pratipadā ends 08:40:16
07:0007:2407:4808:1208:3609:0009:24

Holds 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 06:37 on Tue 27 Feb to 08:40 on Wed 28 Feb.

    1945-02-27T00:06:44Z → 1945-02-28T02:10:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 08:13 on the 27th and 08:12 on the 28th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 27th and is on the 28th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both sunrises qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1677 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Multan, 1945: Tuesday 27 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Vasantotsava 1945 falls on Tuesday 27 February. Pratipadā runs from 06:37 on Tue 27 Feb to 08:40 on Wed 28 Feb and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1945/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 27thCoveredSunrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:07 → 19:1007:25holds07:23no27 Feb
Chicago19:07 → 21:1007:29holds07:28no27 Feb
Jersey City20:07 → 22:1007:34holds07:33no27 Feb
Port of Spain21:07 → 23:1007:22holds07:22no27 Feb
London01:07 → 03:1007:51holds07:49no27 Feb
Durban02:07 → 04:1005:45holds05:46no27 Feb
Dubai04:07 → 06:1006:44holds06:43no27 Feb
Delhi06:37 → 08:4007:49holds07:48holds27 Feb
Kolkata06:37 → 08:4007:00holds07:00holds27 Feb
Singapore09:07 → 11:1008:15no08:15holds28 Feb
Sydney10:07 → 12:1005:41no05:42holds28 Feb
Suva12:07 → 14:1006:05no06:05holds28 Feb
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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