Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2018

Friday 2 March

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 520 minutes.

Decide it for

33°27′ N 112°04′ W · America/Phoenix · GeoNames 5308655

The two sunrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Thursday 1 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:57 sunrise
05:4506:0906:3306:5707:2107:4508:09

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 2 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:55 sunrise
05:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:4308:07

Holds 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 17:51 on Thu 1 Mar to 15:36 on Fri 2 Mar.

    2018-03-02T00:51:20Z → 2018-03-02T22:35:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:57 on the 1st and 06:55 on the 2nd.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 1st and is on the 2nd.

    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 31204 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Phoenix, 2018: Friday 2 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Vasantotsava 2018 falls on Friday 2 March. Pratipadā runs from 17:51 on Thu 1 Mar to 15:36 on Fri 2 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/2018/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix.

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 2ndCoveredSunrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:51 → 14:3606:21holds06:19no2 Mar
Chicago18:51 → 16:3606:24holds06:23no2 Mar
Jersey City19:51 → 17:3606:29holds06:27no2 Mar
Port of Spain20:51 → 18:3606:20holds06:20no2 Mar
London00:51 → 22:3606:44holds06:42no2 Mar
Durban02:51 → 00:3605:48holds05:48no2 Mar
Dubai04:51 → 02:3606:41holds06:40no2 Mar
Delhi06:21 → 04:0606:46holds06:45no2 Mar
Kolkata06:21 → 04:0605:58no05:57no2 Mar
Singapore08:51 → 06:3607:14no07:14no2 Mar
Sydney11:51 → 09:3606:44no06:45holds3 Mar
Suva12:51 → 10:3606:05no06:06holds3 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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