Late afternoon of Wednesday 3 March
Qualifies with 18 of 136 minutes. Not taken.
15:33 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:49
Pūrṇimā begins 17:31:23
15:0915:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:21
18 of 136 minutes covered, the last 18
Ruling · Holī · 1920
Boundaryin Brooklyn, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 4 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 Wednesday 3 March
Qualifies with 18 of 136 minutes. Not taken.
18 of 136 minutes covered, the last 18
Late afternoon of Thursday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
39 of 137 minutes covered, the first 39
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:31 on Wed 3 Mar to 16:12 on Thu 4 Mar.
1920-03-03T22:31:24Z → 1920-03-04T21:12:12Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:33–17:49 on the 3rd, 15:33–17:50 on the 4th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 18 of 136 minutes on the 3rd and 39 of 137 on the 4th.
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 1056 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 4 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Brooklyn, 1920: Friday 5 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Brooklyn, Holī 1920 falls on Friday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:31 on Wed 3 Mar to 16:12 on Thu 4 Mar and covers 39 of 137 minutes of sāyāhna on the 4th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 18 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 | Fri 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 5 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Brooklyn. | ||
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 3rd | Covered | Sāyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:31 → 13:12 | 15:33 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:31 → 15:12 | 15:27 | 72 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:31 → 16:12 | 15:33 | 18 min | 15:34 | 38 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:31 → 17:12 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 79 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 22:31 → 21:12 | 15:31 | 0 min | 15:32 | 133 min | 5 Mar |
| Durban | 00:31 → 23:12 | 15:55 | 0 min | 15:55 | 151 min | 5 Mar |
| Dubai | 02:31 → 01:12 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:02 | 140 min | 5 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:01 → 02:42 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 140 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:01 → 02:42 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:31 → 04:12 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 145 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:31 → 07:12 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 153 min | 5 Mar |
| Suva | 10:31 → 09:12 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 5 Mar |