Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:28 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:47
15:0415:2815:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:16
139 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2012
Determinatein Ankara, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 7 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 65 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
139 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 8 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 11:39 on Thu 8 Mar.
2012-03-07T12:22:53Z → 2012-03-08T09:39:29Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:28–17:47 on the 7th, 15:29–17:48 on the 8th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 139 of 139 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 139 on the 8th.
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 3913 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 7 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Ankara, 2012: Thursday 8 March.
confidence: determinate
In Ankara, Holī 2012 falls on Thursday 8 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 7 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 11:39 on Thu 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 7th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 8 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 8 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Ankara. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:23 → 01:39 | 15:34 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:23 → 03:39 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:23 → 04:39 | 15:36 | 139 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:23 → 05:39 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 12:23 → 09:39 | 15:36 | 136 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Durban | 14:23 → 11:39 | 15:52 | 150 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:23 → 13:39 | 16:02 | 121 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Delhi | 17:53 → 15:09 | 16:04 | 32 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 17:53 → 15:09 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:23 → 17:39 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 47 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:23 → 20:39 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:52 | 151 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 00:23 → 21:39 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 9 Mar |