Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2097

Thursday 28 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 195 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 Thursday 28 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:08 sunrise
04:5605:2005:4406:0806:3206:5607:20

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 29 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:07 sunrise
04:5505:1905:4306:0706:3106:5507:19

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 02:30 on Thu 28 Mar to 02:52 on Fri 29 Mar.

    2097-03-27T21:30:22Z → 2097-03-28T21:51:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:08 on the 28th and 06:07 on the 29th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 28th and is not on the 29th.

    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 11700 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Multan, 2097: Thursday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Vasantotsava 2097 falls on Thursday 28 March. Pratipadā runs from 02:30 on Thu 28 Mar to 02:52 on Fri 29 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2097/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 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 27thCoveredSunrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:30 → 14:5206:46no06:45holds28 Mar
Chicago16:30 → 16:5206:41no06:39holds28 Mar
Jersey City17:30 → 17:5206:47no06:46holds28 Mar
Port of Spain17:30 → 17:5206:06no06:05holds28 Mar
London21:30 → 21:5205:46no05:44holds28 Mar
Durban23:30 → 23:5206:04no06:05holds28 Mar
Dubai01:30 → 01:5206:15no06:14holds28 Mar
Delhi03:00 → 03:2206:17no06:16holds28 Mar
Kolkata03:00 → 03:2205:34no05:33holds28 Mar
Singapore05:30 → 05:5207:07no07:06holds28 Mar
Sydney08:30 → 08:5207:04no07:05no29 Mar
Suva09:30 → 09:5206:12no06:12no29 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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