Sunrise of Tuesday 14 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
06:40 sunrise
05:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:2807:52
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2006
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 595 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Tuesday 14 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Wednesday 15 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 16:35 on Tue 14 Mar to 18:58 on Wed 15 Mar.
2006-03-14T23:35:26Z → 2006-03-16T01:58:07Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:40 on the 14th and 06:39 on the 15th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 14th and is on the 15th.
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 35712 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Phoenix, 2006: Wednesday 15 March.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Vasantotsava 2006 falls on Wednesday 15 March. Pratipadā runs from 16:35 on Tue 14 Mar to 18:58 on Wed 15 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 15 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 15 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 15 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 14th | Covered | Sunrise 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:35 → 17:58 | 06:05 | no | 06:02 | no | 15 Mar |
| Chicago | 17:35 → 19:58 | 06:05 | no | 06:01 | no | 15 Mar |
| Jersey City | 18:35 → 20:58 | 06:10 | no | 06:07 | no | 15 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 19:35 → 21:58 | 06:14 | no | 06:13 | no | 15 Mar |
| London | 23:35 → 01:58 | 06:18 | no | 06:13 | no | 15 Mar |
| Durban | 01:35 → 03:58 | 05:56 | no | 05:57 | no | 15 Mar |
| Dubai | 03:35 → 05:58 | 06:30 | no | 06:28 | no | 15 Mar |
| Delhi | 05:05 → 07:28 | 06:33 | no | 06:30 | holds | 15 Mar |
| Kolkata | 05:05 → 07:28 | 05:47 | no | 05:45 | holds | 15 Mar |
| Singapore | 07:35 → 09:58 | 07:11 | no | 07:10 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Sydney | 10:35 → 12:58 | 06:53 | no | 06:55 | holds | 16 Mar |
| Suva | 11:35 → 13:58 | 06:09 | no | 06:09 | holds | 16 Mar |