Late afternoon of Tuesday 26 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:04
16:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:24
148 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1918
Boundaryin Algiers, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 26 Mar. A threshold is only 3 min 44 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 26 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 27 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:06 on Tue 26 Mar to 16:32 on Wed 27 Mar.
1918-03-26T13:05:57Z → 1918-03-27T15:32:25Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:36–19:04 on the 26th, 16:36–19:05 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 148 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 224 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 26 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Algiers, 1918: Wednesday 27 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Algiers, Holī 1918 falls on Wednesday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:06 on Tue 26 Mar to 16:32 on Wed 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 26th. It is 3 min 44 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 27 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Algiers. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 26th | Covered | Sāyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:06 → 07:32 | 15:41 | 148 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:06 → 09:32 | 15:40 | 149 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:06 → 10:32 | 15:45 | 148 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:06 → 11:32 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| London | 14:06 → 16:32 | 16:52 | 150 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Durban | 15:06 → 17:32 | 15:37 | 144 min | 15:36 | 116 min | 27 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:47 → 19:13 | 15:46 | 86 min | 15:46 | 147 min | 28 Mar |
| Delhi | 18:36 → 21:02 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 28 Mar |
| Kolkata | 18:36 → 21:02 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 28 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:06 → 22:32 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 145 min | 28 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:06 → 01:32 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:35 | 143 min | 28 Mar |
| Suva | 01:06 → 03:32 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 28 Mar |