Ruling · Holī · 2044

Monday 14 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 13 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 202 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 Saturday 12 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:18
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

0 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 13 March

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

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:19
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

142 of 142 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 22:39 on Sat 12 Mar to 21:41 on Sun 13 Mar.

    2044-03-12T20:38:56Z → 2044-03-13T19:41:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:57–18:18 on the 12th, 15:58–18:19 on the 13th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 141 minutes on the 12th and 142 of 142 on the 13th.

    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 12108 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 13 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Bucharest, 2044: Monday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Holī 2044 falls on Monday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:39 on Sat 12 Mar to 21:41 on Sun 13 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 13th.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2044/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 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 12thCoveredSāyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:39 → 12:4115:36142 min16:370 min13 Mar
Chicago14:39 → 14:4115:33142 min16:330 min13 Mar
Jersey City15:39 → 15:4115:39141 min16:390 min13 Mar
Port of Spain16:39 → 15:4115:5298 min15:520 min13 Mar
London20:39 → 19:4115:410 min15:42141 min14 Mar
Durban22:39 → 21:4115:470 min15:47148 min14 Mar
Dubai00:39 → 23:4116:030 min16:03143 min14 Mar
Delhi02:09 → 01:1116:050 min16:05143 min14 Mar
Kolkata02:09 → 01:1115:210 min15:21144 min14 Mar
Singapore04:39 → 03:4116:520 min16:52145 min14 Mar
Sydney07:39 → 06:4116:480 min16:47148 min14 Mar
Suva08:39 → 07:4115:560 min15:56147 min14 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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