Ruling · Vasantotsava · 1975

Friday 28 March

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 283 minutes.

Decide it for

35°42′ N 51°25′ E · Asia/Tehran · GeoNames 112931

The two sunrises

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

Sunrise of Thursday 27 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:00 sunrise
04:4805:1205:3606:0006:2406:4807:12

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 28 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

05:58 sunrise
04:4605:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:10

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 14:06 on Thu 27 Mar to 10:41 on Fri 28 Mar.

    1975-03-27T10:36:02Z → 1975-03-28T07:10:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:00 on the 27th and 05:58 on the 28th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 27th and is on the 28th.

    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 16974 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Tehran, 1975: Friday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Vasantotsava 1975 falls on Friday 28 March. Pratipadā runs from 14:06 on Thu 27 Mar to 10:41 on Fri 28 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1975/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 27thCoveredSunrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:36 → 00:1106:48holds06:47no27 Mar
Chicago05:36 → 02:1106:43holds06:41no27 Mar
Jersey City06:36 → 03:1106:49holds06:48no27 Mar
Port of Spain06:36 → 03:1106:07no06:06no27 Mar
London11:36 → 08:1106:49no06:47holds28 Mar
Durban12:36 → 09:1106:03no06:04holds28 Mar
Dubai14:36 → 11:1106:17no06:16holds28 Mar
Delhi16:06 → 12:4106:18no06:17holds28 Mar
Kolkata16:06 → 12:4105:35no05:34holds28 Mar
Singapore18:06 → 14:4106:37no06:37holds28 Mar
Sydney20:36 → 17:1106:03no06:04holds28 Mar
Suva22:36 → 19:1106:12no06:12holds28 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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