Sunrise of Thursday 24 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
06:01 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 06:18:25
04:4905:1305:3706:0106:2506:4907:13
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1921
Boundaryin Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pratipadā reaches sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
33°52′ S 151°12′ E · Australia/Sydney · GeoNames 2147714
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Thursday 24 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Friday 25 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 06:18 on Thu 24 Mar to 04:19 on Fri 25 Mar.
1921-03-23T20:18:25Z → 1921-03-24T18:19:28Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:01 on the 24th and 06:02 on the 25th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 24th and is not on the 25th.
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 1050 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Sydney, 1921: Thursday 24 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Sydney, Vasantotsava 1921 falls on Thursday 24 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:18 on Thu 24 Mar to 04:19 on Fri 25 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 24 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 24 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 24 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Sydney. | ||
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 23rd | Covered | Sunrise 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:18 → 10:19 | 05:53 | no | 05:52 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:18 → 12:19 | 05:50 | no | 05:48 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:18 → 13:19 | 05:56 | no | 05:54 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:18 → 14:19 | 06:09 | no | 06:08 | holds | 24 Mar |
| London | 20:18 → 18:19 | 05:58 | no | 05:56 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Durban | 22:18 → 20:19 | 06:01 | no | 06:02 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:18 → 22:19 | 06:21 | no | 06:20 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:48 → 23:49 | 06:23 | no | 06:22 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:48 → 23:49 | 05:39 | no | 05:38 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Singapore | 03:18 → 01:19 | 06:08 | no | 06:08 | holds | 24 Mar |
| Sydney | 06:18 → 04:19 | 06:00 | no | 06:01 | no | 24 Mar |
| Suva | 08:18 → 06:19 | 06:11 | no | 06:11 | no | 25 Mar |