Ruling · Holī · 1956

Monday 26 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 25 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 44 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Sunday 25 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
Pūrṇimā begins 16:48:49
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

105 of 149 minutes covered, the last 105

Late afternoon of Monday 26 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:35
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54

0 of 149 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:49 on Sun 25 Mar to 15:11 on Mon 26 Mar.

    1956-03-25T14:48:50Z → 1956-03-26T13:11:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:05–18:34 on the 25th, 16:06–18:35 on the 26th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 105 of 149 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 149 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 2628 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 25 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Bucharest, 1956: Monday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Holī 1956 falls on Monday 26 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:49 on Sun 25 Mar to 15:11 on Mon 26 Mar and covers 105 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna on the 25th.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1956/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 25thCoveredSāyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:49 → 05:1115:41148 min15:410 min26 Mar
Chicago08:49 → 07:1115:40149 min15:400 min26 Mar
Jersey City09:49 → 08:1115:45148 min15:460 min26 Mar
Port of Spain10:49 → 09:1115:51146 min15:510 min26 Mar
London14:49 → 13:1115:52150 min15:530 min26 Mar
Durban16:49 → 15:1115:3772 min15:360 min26 Mar
Dubai18:49 → 17:1116:050 min16:0566 min27 Mar
Delhi20:19 → 18:4116:080 min16:08147 min27 Mar
Kolkata20:19 → 18:4115:230 min15:23147 min27 Mar
Singapore22:19 → 20:4116:190 min16:18145 min27 Mar
Sydney00:49 → 23:1115:360 min15:35143 min27 Mar
Suva02:49 → 01:1115:490 min15:48144 min27 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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