Sunrise of Sunday 26 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:12 sunrise
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1967
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 26 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 27 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 08:21 on Sun 26 Mar to 04:32 on Mon 27 Mar.
1967-03-26T03:20:46Z → 1967-03-26T23:32:10Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:12 on the 26th and 06:11 on the 27th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 26th and is not on the 27th.
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 5925 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Multan, 1967: Sunday 26 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Multan, Vasantotsava 1967 falls on Sunday 26 March. Pratipadā runs from 08:21 on Sun 26 Mar to 04:32 on Mon 27 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 26 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 26th | Covered | Sunrise 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:21 → 15:32 | 05:49 | holds | 05:48 | no | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 21:21 → 17:32 | 05:45 | holds | 05:43 | no | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 22:21 → 18:32 | 05:51 | holds | 05:49 | no | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 23:21 → 19:32 | 06:07 | holds | 06:07 | no | 26 Mar |
| London | 04:21 → 00:32 | 06:52 | holds | 06:49 | no | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 05:21 → 01:32 | 06:03 | holds | 06:03 | no | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 07:21 → 03:32 | 06:18 | no | 06:17 | no | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 08:51 → 05:02 | 06:19 | no | 06:18 | no | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 08:51 → 05:02 | 05:36 | no | 05:35 | no | 26 Mar |
| Singapore | 10:51 → 07:02 | 06:37 | no | 06:37 | holds | 27 Mar |
| Sydney | 13:21 → 09:32 | 06:02 | no | 06:03 | holds | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 15:21 → 11:32 | 06:11 | no | 06:12 | holds | 27 Mar |