Sunrise of Monday 26 February
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
07:01 sunrise
05:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:4908:13
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1945
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 606 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Monday 26 February
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Tuesday 27 February
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 17:07 on Mon 26 Feb to 19:10 on Tue 27 Feb.
1945-02-27T00:06:44Z → 1945-02-28T02:10:16Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 07:01 on the 26th and 07:00 on the 27th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 26th and is on the 27th.
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 36359 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Phoenix, 1945: Tuesday 27 February.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Vasantotsava 1945 falls on Tuesday 27 February. Pratipadā runs from 17:07 on Mon 26 Feb to 19:10 on Tue 27 Feb and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 27 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 27 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 27 Feb |
| 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 27th | Covered | Sunrise 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:07 → 19:10 | 07:25 | holds | 07:23 | no | 27 Feb |
| Chicago | 19:07 → 21:10 | 07:29 | holds | 07:28 | no | 27 Feb |
| Jersey City | 20:07 → 22:10 | 07:34 | holds | 07:33 | no | 27 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 21:07 → 23:10 | 07:22 | holds | 07:22 | no | 27 Feb |
| London | 01:07 → 03:10 | 07:51 | holds | 07:49 | no | 27 Feb |
| Durban | 02:07 → 04:10 | 05:45 | holds | 05:46 | no | 27 Feb |
| Dubai | 04:07 → 06:10 | 06:44 | holds | 06:43 | no | 27 Feb |
| Delhi | 06:37 → 08:40 | 07:49 | holds | 07:48 | holds | 27 Feb |
| Kolkata | 06:37 → 08:40 | 07:00 | holds | 07:00 | holds | 27 Feb |
| Singapore | 09:07 → 11:10 | 08:15 | no | 08:15 | holds | 28 Feb |
| Sydney | 10:07 → 12:10 | 05:41 | no | 05:42 | holds | 28 Feb |
| Suva | 12:07 → 14:10 | 06:05 | no | 06:05 | holds | 28 Feb |