Late afternoon of Tuesday 29 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:03
15:2515:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:37
0 of 134 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2056
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 1 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 517 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 29 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 134 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 1 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
134 of 134 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:28 on Wed 1 Mar to 02:41 on Thu 2 Mar.
2056-03-01T03:27:47Z → 2056-03-02T00:40:33Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:49–18:03 on the 29th, 15:50–18:04 on the 1st.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 134 minutes on the 29th and 134 of 134 on the 1st.
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 30992 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 1 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Bucharest, 2056: Thursday 2 March.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Holī 2056 falls on Thursday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:28 on Wed 1 Mar to 02:41 on Thu 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 2 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 2 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 2 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 1st | Covered | Sāyāhna 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:28 → 16:41 | 15:32 | 68 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Chicago | 21:28 → 18:41 | 15:26 | 135 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Jersey City | 22:28 → 19:41 | 15:32 | 136 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 23:28 → 20:41 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| London | 03:28 → 00:41 | 15:30 | 131 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Durban | 05:28 → 02:41 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:55 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Dubai | 07:28 → 04:41 | 16:01 | 140 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Delhi | 08:58 → 06:11 | 16:02 | 139 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Kolkata | 08:58 → 06:11 | 15:20 | 140 min | 15:20 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Singapore | 11:28 → 08:41 | 16:54 | 145 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Sydney | 14:28 → 11:41 | 16:57 | 153 min | 16:57 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Suva | 15:28 → 12:41 | 16:02 | 149 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 2 Mar |