Late afternoon of Saturday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:54 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:12
15:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:42
138 of 138 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2031
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 8 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 565 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
138 of 138 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 9 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:25 on Sat 8 Mar to 06:30 on Sun 9 Mar.
2031-03-08T04:25:23Z → 2031-03-09T04:29:40Z
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 138 of 138 minutes on the 8th and 0 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 33892 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Bucharest, 2031: Sunday 9 March.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Holī 2031 falls on Sunday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:25 on Sat 8 Mar to 06:30 on Sun 9 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:25 → 20:30 | 15:35 | 140 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:25 → 22:30 | 15:30 | 139 min | 16:31 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:25 → 23:30 | 15:36 | 139 min | 16:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:25 → 00:30 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| London | 04:25 → 04:30 | 15:36 | 136 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Durban | 06:25 → 06:30 | 15:51 | 150 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:25 → 08:30 | 16:02 | 142 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:55 → 10:00 | 16:04 | 141 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:55 → 10:00 | 15:21 | 142 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:25 → 12:30 | 16:53 | 145 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:25 → 15:30 | 16:52 | 151 min | 16:51 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 16:25 → 16:30 | 15:59 | 122 min | 15:58 | 31 min | 9 Mar |