Late afternoon of Thursday 23 March
Qualifies with 45 of 148 minutes. Not taken.
15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:24
Pūrṇimā begins 17:39:11
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44
45 of 148 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Holī · 1978
Boundaryin Berlin, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 24 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 23 March
Qualifies with 45 of 148 minutes. Not taken.
45 of 148 minutes covered, the last 45
Late afternoon of Friday 24 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
83 of 149 minutes covered, the first 83
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:39 on Thu 23 Mar to 17:20 on Fri 24 Mar.
1978-03-23T16:39:11Z → 1978-03-24T16:19:59Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:24 on the 23rd, 15:57–18:26 on the 24th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 45 of 148 minutes on the 23rd and 83 of 149 on the 24th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2674 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 24 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Berlin, 1978: Saturday 25 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Berlin, Holī 1978 falls on Saturday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:39 on Thu 23 Mar to 17:20 on Fri 24 Mar and covers 83 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna on the 24th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 45 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 25 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Berlin. | ||
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 23rd | Covered | Sāyāhna 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:39 → 08:20 | 15:40 | 147 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:39 → 10:20 | 15:38 | 147 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:39 → 11:20 | 15:44 | 147 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:39 → 12:20 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 24 Mar |
| London | 17:39 → 17:20 | 16:50 | 98 min | 16:51 | 29 min | 24 Mar |
| Durban | 18:39 → 18:20 | 15:39 | 0 min | 15:38 | 144 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:39 → 20:20 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 146 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:09 → 21:50 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:09 → 21:50 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 146 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:09 → 23:50 | 16:19 | 0 min | 16:19 | 145 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:39 → 02:20 | 15:39 | 0 min | 15:38 | 144 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 04:39 → 04:20 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 145 min | 25 Mar |