Late afternoon of Wednesday 8 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:12
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42
0 of 138 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1944
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 344 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 8 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 138 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
139 of 139 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:56 on Wed 8 Mar to 02:28 on Fri 10 Mar.
1944-03-08T21:56:29Z → 1944-03-10T00:27:37Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:54–18:12 on the 8th, 15:55–18:13 on the 9th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 138 minutes on the 8th and 139 of 139 on the 9th.
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 20663 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Bucharest, 1944: Friday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Holī 1944 falls on Friday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:56 on Wed 8 Mar to 02:28 on Fri 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:56 → 17:28 | 16:35 | 140 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:56 → 19:28 | 16:30 | 112 min | 16:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:56 → 20:28 | 16:36 | 59 min | 16:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:56 → 21:28 | 16:53 | 20 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 22:56 → 01:28 | 16:36 | 0 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 00:56 → 03:28 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:56 → 04:28 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:26 → 06:58 | 17:04 | 0 min | 17:04 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:26 → 06:58 | 16:21 | 0 min | 16:21 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 06:56 → 09:28 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:56 → 11:28 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:50 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 09:56 → 12:28 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 0 min | 10 Mar |