Late afternoon of Wednesday 9 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:59
15:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:30
0 of 137 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2039
Determinatein Berlin, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 10 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 26 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 9 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 137 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 10 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
112 of 138 minutes covered, the first 112
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:30 on Wed 9 Mar to 17:35 on Thu 10 Mar.
2039-03-09T18:30:12Z → 2039-03-10T16:35:03Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:42–17:59 on the 9th, 15:43–18:01 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 137 minutes on the 9th and 112 of 138 on the 10th.
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 1556 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 10 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Berlin, 2039: Friday 11 March.
confidence: determinate
In Berlin, Holī 2039 falls on Friday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:30 on Wed 9 Mar to 17:35 on Thu 10 Mar and covers 112 of 138 minutes of sāyāhna on the 10th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 11 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 9th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:30 → 08:35 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:30 → 10:35 | 15:31 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:30 → 11:35 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:30 → 12:35 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 18:30 → 16:35 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:38 | 57 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 20:30 → 18:35 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:30 → 20:35 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:00 → 22:05 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:00 → 22:05 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 143 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:30 → 00:35 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:30 → 03:35 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 150 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 06:30 → 04:35 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 11 Mar |