Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2069

Friday 8 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 46 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 Friday 8 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:32 sunrise
05:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:2007:44

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Saturday 9 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:31 sunrise
Pratipadā ends 05:45:24
05:1905:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:43

Absent 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 03:36 on Fri 8 Mar to 05:45 on Sat 9 Mar.

    2069-03-07T22:35:54Z → 2069-03-09T00:45:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:32 on the 8th and 06:31 on the 9th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 8th and is not on the 9th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2743 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Multan, 2069: Friday 8 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Vasantotsava 2069 falls on Friday 8 March. Pratipadā runs from 03:36 on Fri 8 Mar to 05:45 on Sat 9 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2069/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 Mar
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 7thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:36 → 16:4506:13no06:11no8 Mar
Chicago16:36 → 18:4506:15no06:12no8 Mar
Jersey City17:36 → 19:4506:20no06:17no8 Mar
Port of Spain18:36 → 20:4506:18no06:17no8 Mar
London22:36 → 00:4506:32no06:27no8 Mar
Durban00:36 → 02:4505:52no05:53no8 Mar
Dubai02:36 → 04:4506:36no06:34no8 Mar
Delhi04:06 → 06:1506:40no06:38no8 Mar
Kolkata04:06 → 06:1505:53no05:51holds8 Mar
Singapore06:36 → 08:4507:13no07:12holds8 Mar
Sydney09:36 → 11:4506:48no06:50holds9 Mar
Suva10:36 → 12:4506:07no06:08holds9 Mar
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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