Sunrise of Sunday 4 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2007
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 41 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Sunday 4 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Monday 5 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 04:17 on Sun 4 Mar to 06:32 on Mon 5 Mar.
2007-03-03T23:17:07Z → 2007-03-05T01:32:05Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:38 on the 4th and 06:37 on the 5th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 4th and is not on the 5th.
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 281 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Multan, 2007: Sunday 4 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Vasantotsava 2007 falls on Sunday 4 March. Pratipadā runs from 04:17 on Sun 4 Mar to 06:32 on Mon 5 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 4 min 41 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 4 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 4 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 4 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 3rd | Covered | Sunrise 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:17 → 17:32 | 06:20 | no | 06:17 | no | 4 Mar |
| Chicago | 17:17 → 19:32 | 06:23 | no | 06:20 | no | 4 Mar |
| Jersey City | 18:17 → 20:32 | 06:28 | no | 06:25 | no | 4 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 19:17 → 21:32 | 06:20 | no | 06:19 | no | 4 Mar |
| London | 23:17 → 01:32 | 06:43 | no | 06:38 | no | 4 Mar |
| Durban | 01:17 → 03:32 | 05:48 | no | 05:50 | no | 4 Mar |
| Dubai | 03:17 → 05:32 | 06:41 | no | 06:39 | no | 4 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:47 → 07:02 | 06:45 | no | 06:43 | holds | 4 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:47 → 07:02 | 05:57 | no | 05:55 | holds | 4 Mar |
| Singapore | 07:17 → 09:32 | 07:14 | no | 07:14 | holds | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 10:17 → 12:32 | 06:44 | no | 06:46 | holds | 5 Mar |
| Suva | 11:17 → 13:32 | 06:06 | no | 06:06 | holds | 5 Mar |