Sunrise of Thursday 8 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 · 2012
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 Thursday 8 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Friday 9 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 06:39 on Thu 8 Mar to 03:37 on Fri 9 Mar.
2012-03-08T09:39:29Z → 2012-03-09T06:36:52Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 05:24 on the 8th and 05:24 on the 9th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 8th and is not on the 9th.
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 4504 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Recife, 2012: Thursday 8 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Recife, Vasantotsava 2012 falls on Thursday 8 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:39 on Thu 8 Mar to 03:37 on Fri 9 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 8 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 8 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 8th | Covered | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:39 → 22:37 | 06:12 | holds | 06:11 | no | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 03:39 → 00:37 | 06:14 | holds | 06:12 | no | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 04:39 → 01:37 | 06:19 | holds | 06:17 | no | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 05:39 → 02:37 | 06:17 | holds | 06:17 | no | 8 Mar |
| London | 09:39 → 06:37 | 06:30 | no | 06:28 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Durban | 11:39 → 08:37 | 05:52 | no | 05:53 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 13:39 → 10:37 | 06:35 | no | 06:34 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:09 → 12:07 | 06:39 | no | 06:38 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:09 → 12:07 | 05:52 | no | 05:51 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 17:39 → 14:37 | 07:13 | no | 07:12 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:39 → 17:37 | 06:49 | no | 06:50 | holds | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 21:39 → 18:37 | 06:07 | no | 06:08 | holds | 9 Mar |