Sunrise of Monday 7 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
07:02 sunrise
05:5006:1406:3807:0207:2607:5008:14
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1966
Boundaryin Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 03 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Monday 7 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Tuesday 8 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 10:45 on Mon 7 Mar to 07:02 on Tue 8 Mar.
1966-03-07T01:45:15Z → 1966-03-07T22:01:55Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 07:02 on the 7th and 07:01 on the 8th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 7th and is on the 8th.
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 63 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Pyongyang, 1966: Tuesday 8 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Pyongyang, Vasantotsava 1966 falls on Tuesday 8 March. Pratipadā runs from 10:45 on Mon 7 Mar to 07:02 on Tue 8 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 1 min 03 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 8 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 7 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 8 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Pyongyang. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Sunrise 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:45 → 14:02 | 06:15 | holds | 06:13 | no | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:45 → 16:02 | 06:17 | holds | 06:15 | no | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:45 → 17:02 | 06:22 | holds | 06:20 | no | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:45 → 18:02 | 06:18 | holds | 06:18 | no | 7 Mar |
| London | 01:45 → 22:02 | 06:34 | holds | 06:32 | no | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 03:45 → 00:02 | 05:51 | holds | 05:52 | no | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:45 → 02:02 | 06:37 | holds | 06:36 | no | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 07:15 → 03:32 | 06:41 | no | 06:40 | no | 7 Mar |
| Kolkata | 07:15 → 03:32 | 05:54 | no | 05:53 | no | 7 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:15 → 05:32 | 06:43 | no | 06:43 | no | 7 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:45 → 08:02 | 05:48 | no | 05:48 | holds | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 13:45 → 10:02 | 06:07 | no | 06:07 | holds | 8 Mar |