Sunrise of Tuesday 18 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
05:24 sunrise
04:1204:3605:0005:2405:4806:1206:36
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2003
Boundaryin Recife, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Tuesday 18 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Wednesday 19 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 07:35 on Tue 18 Mar to 04:07 on Wed 19 Mar.
2003-03-18T10:34:34Z → 2003-03-19T07:06:50Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 05:24 on the 18th and 05:24 on the 19th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 18th and is not on the 19th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither sunrise qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 4626 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Recife, 2003: Tuesday 18 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Recife, Vasantotsava 2003 falls on Tuesday 18 March. Pratipadā runs from 07:35 on Tue 18 Mar to 04:07 on Wed 19 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 18 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 18 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 18 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Recife. | ||
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 18th | Covered | Sunrise 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:35 → 23:07 | 06:00 | holds | 05:59 | no | 18 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:35 → 01:07 | 05:58 | holds | 05:56 | no | 18 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:35 → 02:07 | 06:04 | holds | 06:02 | no | 18 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:35 → 03:07 | 06:12 | no | 06:11 | no | 18 Mar |
| London | 10:35 → 07:07 | 06:09 | no | 06:07 | holds | 19 Mar |
| Durban | 12:35 → 09:07 | 05:58 | no | 05:59 | holds | 19 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:35 → 11:07 | 06:26 | no | 06:25 | holds | 19 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:05 → 12:37 | 06:28 | no | 06:27 | holds | 19 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:05 → 12:37 | 05:43 | no | 05:43 | holds | 19 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:35 → 15:07 | 07:10 | no | 07:10 | holds | 19 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:35 → 18:07 | 06:56 | no | 06:57 | holds | 19 Mar |
| Suva | 22:35 → 19:07 | 06:10 | no | 06:10 | holds | 19 Mar |