Sunrise of Monday 9 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
07:05 sunrise
05:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:5308:17
Absent at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2020
Boundaryin Tijuana, 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 Monday 9 March
Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither sunrise; this is the day it falls on.
Absent at sunrise
Sunrise of Tuesday 10 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 10:48 on Mon 9 Mar to 06:54 on Tue 10 Mar.
2020-03-09T17:47:45Z → 2020-03-10T13:53:43Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 07:05 on the 9th and 07:04 on the 10th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 9th and is not on the 10th.
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 622 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Tijuana, 2020: Monday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Tijuana, Vasantotsava 2020 falls on Monday 9 March. Pratipadā runs from 10:48 on Mon 9 Mar to 06:54 on Tue 10 Mar, and is current at sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 9 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tijuana. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Sunrise 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:48 → 06:54 | 07:11 | no | 07:10 | no | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:48 → 08:54 | 07:12 | no | 07:10 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:48 → 09:54 | 07:17 | no | 07:16 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 13:48 → 09:54 | 06:17 | no | 06:16 | holds | 10 Mar |
| London | 17:48 → 13:54 | 06:28 | no | 06:25 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 19:48 → 15:54 | 05:53 | no | 05:53 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 21:48 → 17:54 | 06:34 | no | 06:33 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 23:18 → 19:24 | 06:38 | no | 06:37 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 23:18 → 19:24 | 05:51 | no | 05:50 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 01:48 → 21:54 | 07:12 | no | 07:12 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:48 → 00:54 | 06:50 | no | 06:51 | holds | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 05:48 → 01:54 | 06:08 | no | 06:08 | holds | 10 Mar |