Sunrise of Monday 16 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
06:23 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 06:18:37
05:1105:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:35
Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2071
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 47 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Monday 16 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Tuesday 17 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 06:19 on Mon 16 Mar to 04:53 on Tue 17 Mar.
2071-03-16T01:18:37Z → 2071-03-16T23:53:18Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:23 on the 16th and 06:22 on the 17th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 16th and is not on the 17th.
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 287 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Multan, 2071: Monday 16 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Vasantotsava 2071 falls on Monday 16 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:19 on Mon 16 Mar to 04:53 on Tue 17 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 4 min 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 16 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 16 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 16 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 16th | Covered | Sunrise 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:19 → 16:53 | 07:02 | holds | 07:01 | no | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 20:19 → 18:53 | 07:01 | holds | 06:59 | no | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 21:19 → 19:53 | 07:06 | holds | 07:05 | no | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:19 → 19:53 | 06:13 | holds | 06:12 | no | 16 Mar |
| London | 01:19 → 23:53 | 06:13 | holds | 06:10 | no | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 03:19 → 01:53 | 05:57 | holds | 05:58 | no | 16 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:19 → 03:53 | 06:27 | holds | 06:26 | no | 16 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:49 → 05:23 | 06:30 | no | 06:29 | no | 16 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:49 → 05:23 | 05:45 | no | 05:44 | no | 16 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:19 → 07:53 | 07:10 | no | 07:10 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Sydney | 12:19 → 10:53 | 06:55 | no | 06:56 | holds | 17 Mar |
| Suva | 13:19 → 11:53 | 06:09 | no | 06:10 | holds | 17 Mar |