Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1913

Sunday 23 March

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 375 minutes.

Decide it for

18°08′ S 178°26′ E · Pacific/Fiji · GeoNames 2198148

The two sunrises

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

Sunrise of Sunday 23 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:06 sunrise
04:5405:1805:4206:0606:3006:5407:18

Holds at sunrise

Sunrise of Monday 24 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:06 sunrise
04:5405:1805:4206:0606:3006:5407:18

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 23:51 on Sat 22 Mar to 20:31 on Sun 23 Mar.

    1913-03-22T11:55:51Z → 1913-03-23T08:35:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 23rd and is not 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 22501 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Suva, 1913: Sunday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Vasantotsava 1913 falls on Sunday 23 March. Pratipadā runs from 23:51 on Sat 22 Mar to 20:31 on Sun 23 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/1913/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

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 Angeles03:56 → 00:3605:55holds05:53no22 Mar
Chicago05:56 → 02:3605:52no05:50no22 Mar
Jersey City06:56 → 03:3605:58no05:56no22 Mar
Port of Spain07:56 → 04:3606:10no06:09no22 Mar
London11:56 → 08:3606:01no05:58holds23 Mar
Durban13:56 → 10:3606:00no06:01holds23 Mar
Dubai15:37 → 12:1706:03no06:02holds23 Mar
Delhi17:26 → 14:0606:24no06:23holds23 Mar
Kolkata17:26 → 14:0605:40no05:39holds23 Mar
Singapore18:56 → 15:3606:09no06:08holds23 Mar
Sydney21:56 → 18:3605:59no06:00holds23 Mar
Suva23:51 → 20:3106:06no06:06holds23 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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