Sunrise of Saturday 11 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
06:40 sunrise
Pratipadā begins 06:36:05
05:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:2807:52
Holds at sunrise
Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2028
Boundaryin Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 30 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.
Sunrise of Saturday 11 March
Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.
Holds at sunrise
Sunrise of Sunday 12 March
Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.
Absent at sunrise
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 06:36 on Sat 11 Mar to 02:57 on Sun 12 Mar.
2028-03-11T01:06:05Z → 2028-03-11T21:26:45Z
Kāla
Sunrise is at 06:40 on the 11th and 06:39 on the 12th.
sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is on the 11th and is not on the 12th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 210 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vasantotsava, Ujjain, 2028: Saturday 11 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Ujjain, Vasantotsava 2028 falls on Saturday 11 March. Pratipadā runs from 06:36 on Sat 11 Mar to 02:57 on Sun 12 Mar and is current at sunrise that day. It is 3 min 30 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 11 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain. | ||
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 11th | Covered | Sunrise 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:06 → 13:27 | 06:08 | holds | 07:07 | no | 11 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:06 → 15:27 | 06:08 | holds | 07:07 | no | 11 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:06 → 16:27 | 06:14 | holds | 07:12 | no | 11 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:06 → 17:27 | 06:15 | holds | 06:15 | no | 11 Mar |
| London | 01:06 → 21:27 | 06:23 | holds | 06:21 | no | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 03:06 → 23:27 | 05:54 | holds | 05:55 | no | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:06 → 01:27 | 06:32 | holds | 06:31 | no | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:36 → 02:57 | 06:35 | no | 06:34 | no | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:36 → 02:57 | 05:49 | no | 05:48 | no | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:06 → 05:27 | 07:12 | no | 07:11 | no | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 12:06 → 08:27 | 06:52 | no | 06:52 | holds | 12 Mar |
| Suva | 13:06 → 09:27 | 06:08 | no | 06:08 | holds | 12 Mar |