Late afternoon of Saturday 27 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:32 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:41
15:0815:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:56
0 of 129 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2010
Boundaryin Berlin, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 28 Feb. A threshold is only 4 min 56 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 27 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 129 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 28 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
124 of 129 minutes covered, the first 124
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:21 on Sat 27 Feb to 17:38 on Sun 28 Feb.
2010-02-27T20:20:48Z → 2010-02-28T16:37:52Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:32–17:41 on the 27th, 15:33–17:43 on the 28th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 129 minutes on the 27th and 124 of 129 on the 28th.
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 296 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 28 February is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Berlin, 2010: Monday 1 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Berlin, Holī 2010 falls on Monday 1 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 28 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:21 on Sat 27 Feb to 17:38 on Sun 28 Feb and covers 124 of 129 minutes of sāyāhna on the 28th. It is 4 min 56 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 1 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 1 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 1 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:21 → 08:38 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Chicago | 14:21 → 10:38 | 15:24 | 134 min | 15:25 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Jersey City | 15:21 → 11:38 | 15:31 | 134 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 16:21 → 12:38 | 15:53 | 115 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| London | 20:21 → 16:38 | 15:27 | 0 min | 15:28 | 69 min | 1 Mar |
| Durban | 22:21 → 18:38 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 153 min | 1 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:21 → 20:38 | 16:00 | 0 min | 16:01 | 139 min | 1 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:51 → 22:08 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 138 min | 1 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:51 → 22:08 | 15:19 | 0 min | 15:19 | 140 min | 1 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:21 → 00:38 | 16:55 | 0 min | 16:55 | 145 min | 1 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:21 → 03:38 | 17:00 | 0 min | 16:59 | 154 min | 1 Mar |
| Suva | 09:21 → 05:38 | 17:04 | 0 min | 17:03 | 150 min | 1 Mar |