Sunrise of Friday 9 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
06:17 sunrise
05:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2001
Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 173 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Friday 9 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Saturday 10 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 12:23 on Fri 9 Mar to 09:08 on Sat 10 Mar.
2001-03-09T17:23:04Z → 2001-03-10T14:08:22Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:17 on the 9th and 06:15 on the 10th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 9th and is on the 10th.
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 10391 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Queens, 2001: Saturday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Queens, Vasantotsava 2001 falls on Saturday 10 March. Pratipadā runs from 12:23 on Fri 9 Mar to 09:08 on Sat 10 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 10 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Sunrise 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:23 → 06:08 | 06:11 | no | 06:10 | no | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 11:23 → 08:08 | 06:13 | no | 06:11 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 12:23 → 09:08 | 06:18 | no | 06:16 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 13:23 → 10:08 | 06:17 | no | 06:16 | holds | 10 Mar |
| London | 17:23 → 14:08 | 06:28 | no | 06:26 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 19:23 → 16:08 | 05:53 | no | 05:53 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 21:23 → 18:08 | 06:34 | no | 06:33 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:53 → 19:38 | 06:38 | no | 06:37 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:53 → 19:38 | 05:51 | no | 05:50 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 01:23 → 22:08 | 07:13 | no | 07:12 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:23 → 01:08 | 06:50 | no | 06:50 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 05:23 → 02:08 | 06:08 | no | 06:08 | holds | 10 Mar |