Sunrise of Friday 17 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:23 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 06:25:36
05:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:35
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1995
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 Friday 17 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Saturday 18 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 06:26 on Fri 17 Mar to 04:26 on Sat 18 Mar.
1995-03-17T01:25:37Z → 1995-03-17T23:25:35Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:23 on the 17th and 06:22 on the 18th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 17th and is not on the 18th.
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 168 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Multan, 1995: Friday 17 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Multan, Vasantotsava 1995 falls on Friday 17 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:26 on Fri 17 Mar to 04:26 on Sat 18 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day. It is 2 min 48 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 17 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 17 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 17 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 17th | Covered | Sunrise 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:26 → 15:26 | 06:01 | holds | 06:00 | no | 17 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:26 → 17:26 | 06:00 | holds | 05:58 | no | 17 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:26 → 18:26 | 06:06 | holds | 06:04 | no | 17 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:26 → 19:26 | 06:13 | holds | 06:12 | no | 17 Mar |
| London | 01:26 → 23:26 | 06:12 | holds | 06:09 | no | 17 Mar |
| Durban | 03:26 → 01:26 | 05:57 | holds | 05:58 | no | 17 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:26 → 03:26 | 06:27 | holds | 06:26 | no | 17 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:56 → 04:56 | 06:30 | no | 06:29 | no | 17 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:56 → 04:56 | 05:44 | no | 05:44 | no | 17 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:26 → 07:26 | 07:10 | no | 07:10 | holds | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:26 → 09:26 | 05:56 | no | 05:56 | holds | 18 Mar |
| Suva | 13:26 → 11:26 | 06:09 | no | 06:10 | holds | 18 Mar |