Late afternoon of Tuesday 22 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:37
Pūrṇimā begins 18:42:49
15:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:59
0 of 146 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2016
Determinatein Busan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 23 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 54 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 22 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 23 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:43 on Tue 22 Mar to 21:01 on Wed 23 Mar.
2016-03-22T09:42:50Z → 2016-03-23T12:00:50Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:11–18:37 on the 22nd, 16:11–18:38 on the 23rd.
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 22nd and 147 of 147 on the 23rd.
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 354 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 23 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Busan, 2016: Thursday 24 March.
confidence: determinate
In Busan, Holī 2016 falls on Thursday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:43 on Tue 22 Mar to 21:01 on Wed 23 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 23rd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 24 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 24 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 24 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Busan. | ||
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 22nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:43 → 05:01 | 16:40 | 147 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 23 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:43 → 07:01 | 16:38 | 147 min | 16:39 | 0 min | 23 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:43 → 08:01 | 16:44 | 147 min | 16:44 | 0 min | 23 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 05:43 → 08:01 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 23 Mar |
| London | 09:43 → 12:01 | 15:49 | 148 min | 15:50 | 0 min | 23 Mar |
| Durban | 11:43 → 14:01 | 15:39 | 145 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 23 Mar |
| Dubai | 13:43 → 16:01 | 16:05 | 146 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 23 Mar |
| Delhi | 15:13 → 17:31 | 16:07 | 146 min | 16:07 | 83 min | 23 Mar |
| Kolkata | 15:13 → 17:31 | 15:22 | 146 min | 15:22 | 128 min | 23 Mar |
| Singapore | 17:43 → 20:01 | 16:49 | 92 min | 16:49 | 145 min | 24 Mar |
| Sydney | 20:43 → 23:01 | 16:39 | 0 min | 16:38 | 144 min | 24 Mar |
| Suva | 21:43 → 00:01 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 145 min | 24 Mar |