Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2035

Saturday 24 March

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 708 minutes.

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 Friday 23 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:54 sunrise
05:4206:0606:3006:5407:1807:4208:06

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Saturday 24 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:53 sunrise
05:4106:0506:2906:5307:1707:4108:05

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 18:42 on Fri 23 Mar to 19:01 on Sat 24 Mar.

    2035-03-23T22:42:10Z → 2035-03-24T23:00:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:54 on the 23rd and 06:53 on the 24th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 23rd and is on the 24th.

    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 42475 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Queens, 2035: Saturday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Vasantotsava 2035 falls on Saturday 24 March. Pratipadā runs from 18:42 on Fri 23 Mar to 19:01 on Sat 24 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2035/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 23rdCoveredSunrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:42 → 16:0106:53no06:51holds24 Mar
Chicago17:42 → 18:0106:49no06:48holds24 Mar
Jersey City18:42 → 19:0106:55no06:54holds24 Mar
Port of Spain18:42 → 19:0106:09no06:08holds24 Mar
London22:42 → 23:0105:57no05:55holds24 Mar
Durban00:42 → 01:0106:01no06:02holds24 Mar
Dubai02:42 → 03:0106:20no06:19holds24 Mar
Delhi04:12 → 04:3106:22no06:21holds24 Mar
Kolkata04:12 → 04:3105:38no05:38holds24 Mar
Singapore06:42 → 07:0107:08no07:08holds24 Mar
Sydney09:42 → 10:0107:00no07:01no25 Mar
Suva10:42 → 11:0106:11no06:11no25 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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