Ruling · Holī · 1984
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 16 Mar. A threshold is only 4 min 16 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 16 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
139 of 143 minutes covered, the last 139
Late afternoon of Saturday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 16:04 on Fri 16 Mar to 12:10 on Sat 17 Mar.
1984-03-16T14:03:44Z → 1984-03-17T10:09:43Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:23 on the 16th, 16:00–18:24 on the 17th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 139 of 143 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 144 on the 17th.
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 256 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 16 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Bucharest, 1984: Saturday 17 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Holī 1984 falls on Saturday 17 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 16 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:04 on Fri 16 Mar to 12:10 on Sat 17 Mar and covers 139 of 143 minutes of sāyāhna on the 16th. It is 4 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 17 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 17 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 17 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 16th | Covered | Sāyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:04 → 02:10 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Chicago | 08:04 → 04:10 | 15:35 | 144 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Jersey City | 09:04 → 05:10 | 15:41 | 144 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 10:04 → 06:10 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| London | 14:04 → 10:10 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Durban | 16:04 → 12:10 | 15:45 | 128 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Dubai | 18:04 → 14:10 | 16:04 | 24 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:34 → 15:40 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:34 → 15:40 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 18 min | 18 Mar |
| Singapore | 22:04 → 18:10 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:51 | 79 min | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:04 → 20:10 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:44 | 147 min | 18 Mar |
| Suva | 02:04 → 22:10 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 146 min | 18 Mar |