Sunrise of Thursday 9 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
06:47 sunrise
05:3505:5906:2306:4707:1107:3507:59
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1944
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 641 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Thursday 9 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Friday 10 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 17:28 on Thu 9 Mar to 19:45 on Fri 10 Mar.
1944-03-10T00:27:37Z → 1944-03-11T02:45:02Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:47 on the 9th and 06:46 on the 10th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 9th and is on the 10th.
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 38448 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Phoenix, 1944: Friday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Vasantotsava 1944 falls on Friday 10 March. Pratipadā runs from 17:28 on Thu 9 Mar to 19:45 on Fri 10 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 10 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 10th | Covered | Sunrise 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:28 → 19:45 | 07:10 | holds | 07:09 | no | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:28 → 21:45 | 07:11 | holds | 07:10 | no | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:28 → 22:45 | 07:17 | holds | 07:15 | no | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:28 → 23:45 | 07:16 | holds | 07:16 | no | 10 Mar |
| London | 01:28 → 03:45 | 07:27 | holds | 07:24 | no | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 03:28 → 05:45 | 06:53 | holds | 06:54 | no | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 04:28 → 06:45 | 06:34 | holds | 06:33 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:58 → 09:15 | 07:37 | holds | 07:36 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:58 → 09:15 | 06:51 | no | 06:50 | holds | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:28 → 11:45 | 08:12 | no | 08:12 | holds | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:28 → 13:45 | 06:50 | no | 06:51 | holds | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 12:28 → 14:45 | 06:08 | no | 06:08 | holds | 11 Mar |