Ruling · Holī · 2062

Saturday 25 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 24 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 561 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 Friday 24 March

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

16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

148 of 148 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 25 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:05 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:53

0 of 149 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 06:43 on Fri 24 Mar to 05:36 on Sat 25 Mar.

    2062-03-24T04:43:22Z → 2062-03-25T03:36:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:05–18:33 on the 24th, 16:05–18:34 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 149 on the 25th.

    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 33676 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 24 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Bucharest, 2062: Saturday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Holī 2062 falls on Saturday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:43 on Fri 24 Mar to 05:36 on Sat 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 24th.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2062/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 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 24thCoveredSāyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:43 → 20:3616:40147 min16:410 min25 Mar
Chicago23:43 → 22:3616:39148 min16:400 min25 Mar
Jersey City00:43 → 23:3616:45148 min16:450 min25 Mar
Port of Spain00:43 → 23:3615:51146 min15:510 min25 Mar
London04:43 → 03:3615:51149 min15:520 min25 Mar
Durban06:43 → 05:3615:38144 min15:370 min25 Mar
Dubai08:43 → 07:3616:05147 min16:050 min25 Mar
Delhi10:13 → 09:0616:08147 min16:080 min25 Mar
Kolkata10:13 → 09:0615:23146 min15:230 min25 Mar
Singapore12:43 → 11:3616:49145 min16:490 min25 Mar
Sydney15:43 → 14:3616:37144 min16:360 min25 Mar
Suva16:43 → 15:3615:4991 min15:490 min25 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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