Late afternoon of Thursday 20 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50
0 of 146 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2008
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 21 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 87 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 20 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 21 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
146 of 146 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:55 on Thu 20 Mar to 20:40 on Fri 21 Mar.
2008-03-20T17:55:10Z → 2008-03-21T18:39:57Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:28 on the 20th, 16:03–18:29 on the 21st.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 20th and 146 of 146 on the 21st.
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 5232 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 21 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Bucharest, 2008: Saturday 22 March.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Holī 2008 falls on Saturday 22 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 21 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:55 on Thu 20 Mar to 20:40 on Fri 21 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 21st.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 22 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 22 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 22 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 20th | Covered | Sāyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:55 → 11:40 | 16:39 | 146 min | 16:39 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:55 → 13:40 | 16:37 | 146 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:55 → 14:40 | 16:43 | 146 min | 16:43 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 13:55 → 14:40 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 21 Mar |
| London | 17:55 → 18:40 | 15:48 | 19 min | 15:49 | 147 min | 22 Mar |
| Durban | 19:55 → 20:40 | 15:41 | 0 min | 15:40 | 145 min | 22 Mar |
| Dubai | 21:55 → 22:40 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:05 | 146 min | 22 Mar |
| Delhi | 23:25 → 00:10 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 146 min | 22 Mar |
| Kolkata | 23:25 → 00:10 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 146 min | 22 Mar |
| Singapore | 01:55 → 02:40 | 16:50 | 0 min | 16:50 | 145 min | 22 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:55 → 05:40 | 16:41 | 0 min | 16:40 | 145 min | 22 Mar |
| Suva | 05:55 → 06:40 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:51 | 145 min | 22 Mar |