Ruling · Holī · 2001
Boundaryin Cali, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 8 Mar. A threshold is only 3 min 03 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 9 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 15:51 on Thu 8 Mar to 12:23 on Fri 9 Mar.
2001-03-08T20:50:56Z → 2001-03-09T17:23:04Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:54–18:19 on the 8th, 15:54–18:19 on the 9th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 145 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 183 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Cali, 2001: Friday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Cali, Holī 2001 falls on Friday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:51 on Thu 8 Mar to 12:23 on Fri 9 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th. It is 3 min 03 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cali. | ||
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 | 12:51 → 09:23 | 15:35 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:51 → 11:23 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:51 → 12:23 | 15:36 | 124 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:51 → 13:23 | 15:53 | 86 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| London | 20:51 → 17:23 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:37 | 106 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 22:51 → 19:23 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:51 → 21:23 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:21 → 22:53 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:21 → 22:53 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:51 → 01:23 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:51 → 04:23 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:51 | 150 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 08:51 → 05:23 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 10 Mar |