Late afternoon of Monday 7 March
Qualifies with 14 of 137 minutes. Not taken.
15:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:10
Pūrṇimā begins 17:56:19
15:2915:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:41
14 of 137 minutes covered, the last 14
Ruling · Holī · 1955
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 8 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 7 March
Qualifies with 14 of 137 minutes. Not taken.
14 of 137 minutes covered, the last 14
Late afternoon of Tuesday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
108 of 138 minutes covered, the first 108
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:56 on Mon 7 Mar to 17:41 on Tue 8 Mar.
1955-03-07T15:56:20Z → 1955-03-08T15:41:13Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:53–18:10 on the 7th, 15:54–18:11 on the 8th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 14 of 137 minutes on the 7th and 108 of 138 on the 8th.
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 817 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Bucharest, 1955: Wednesday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Holī 1955 falls on Wednesday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:56 on Mon 7 Mar to 17:41 on Tue 8 Mar and covers 108 of 138 minutes of sāyāhna on the 8th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 14 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 | Wed 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 9 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 7th | Covered | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:56 → 07:41 | 15:34 | 140 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:56 → 09:41 | 15:29 | 138 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:56 → 10:41 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:56 → 11:41 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 15:56 → 15:41 | 15:35 | 113 min | 15:36 | 6 min | 8 Mar |
| Durban | 17:56 → 17:41 | 15:53 | 27 min | 15:52 | 109 min | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:56 → 19:41 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:26 → 21:11 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:04 | 141 min | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:26 → 21:11 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:26 → 23:11 | 16:23 | 0 min | 16:23 | 145 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 01:56 → 01:41 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:53 | 151 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 03:56 → 03:41 | 16:00 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 9 Mar |