Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1932

Tuesday 22 March

Boundaryin Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

40°41′ N 73°50′ W · America/New_York · GeoNames 5133273

The two sunrises

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

Sunrise of Tuesday 22 March

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.

05:56 sunrise
04:4405:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:08

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Wednesday 23 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

05:54 sunrise
04:4205:0605:3005:5406:1806:4207:06

Absent 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 07:37 on Tue 22 Mar to 04:01 on Wed 23 Mar.

    1932-03-22T12:37:19Z → 1932-03-23T09:00:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 05:56 on the 22nd and 05:54 on the 23rd.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 22nd and is not on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 6078 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Queens, 1932: Tuesday 22 March.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Queens, Vasantotsava 1932 falls on Tuesday 22 March. Pratipadā runs from 07:37 on Tue 22 Mar to 04:01 on Wed 23 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/1932/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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 22ndCoveredSunrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:37 → 01:0105:54holds05:53no22 Mar
Chicago06:37 → 03:0105:51no05:49no22 Mar
Jersey City07:37 → 04:0105:57no05:55no22 Mar
Port of Spain08:37 → 05:0106:09no06:09no22 Mar
London12:37 → 09:0106:00no05:57holds23 Mar
Durban14:37 → 11:0106:01no06:01holds23 Mar
Dubai16:37 → 13:0106:21no06:20holds23 Mar
Delhi18:07 → 14:3106:24no06:22holds23 Mar
Kolkata18:07 → 14:3105:40no05:39holds23 Mar
Singapore19:37 → 16:0106:09no06:08holds23 Mar
Sydney22:37 → 19:0106:00no06:00holds23 Mar
Suva00:37 → 21:0106:11no06:11holds23 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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