Ruling · Holī · 1925
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 9 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 Monday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
138 of 138 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 10 March
Qualifies with 26 of 139 minutes. Not taken.
26 of 139 minutes covered, the first 26
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 15:33 on Mon 9 Mar to 16:05 on Tue 10 Mar.
1925-03-09T13:49:27Z → 1925-03-10T14:20:43Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:38–17:57 on the 9th, 15:39–17:58 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 138 of 138 minutes on the 9th and 26 of 139 on the 10th.
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 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Bucharest, 1925: Tuesday 10 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Holī 1925 falls on Tuesday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:33 on Mon 9 Mar to 16:05 on Tue 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 26 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 | Tue 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 10 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
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 | 05:49 → 06:21 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:49 → 08:21 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:49 → 09:21 | 15:36 | 139 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:49 → 10:21 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 13:49 → 14:21 | 15:37 | 137 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 15:49 → 16:21 | 15:51 | 150 min | 15:50 | 31 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:49 → 18:21 | 16:03 | 35 min | 16:03 | 138 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:19 → 19:51 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:19 → 19:51 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:49 → 21:21 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 145 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:49 → 00:21 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:51 | 150 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 01:49 → 02:21 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 11 Mar |