Ruling · Holī · 1905

Tuesday 21 March

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 20 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 59 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Monday 20 March

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

15:31 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:56
15:0715:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:19

145 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 21 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:31 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:57
15:0715:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:19

0 of 145 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 14:32 on Mon 20 Mar to 10:48 on Tue 21 Mar.

    1905-03-20T08:39:08Z → 1905-03-21T04:55:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:31–17:56 on the 20th, 15:31–17:57 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 145 of 145 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 145 on the 21st.

    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 3545 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 20 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Chattogram, 1905: Tuesday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Holī 1905 falls on Tuesday 21 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 20 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:32 on Mon 20 Mar to 10:48 on Tue 21 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 20th.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/1905/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 Mar
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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 20thCoveredSāyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:39 → 20:5515:39145 min15:390 min21 Mar
Chicago02:39 → 22:5515:37145 min15:370 min21 Mar
Jersey City03:39 → 23:5515:42145 min15:430 min21 Mar
Port of Spain04:39 → 00:5515:52145 min15:510 min21 Mar
London08:39 → 04:5515:47145 min15:480 min21 Mar
Durban10:39 → 06:5515:42146 min15:410 min21 Mar
Dubai12:20 → 08:3615:45145 min15:450 min21 Mar
Delhi14:00 → 10:1615:58145 min15:580 min21 Mar
Kolkata14:00 → 10:1615:13145 min15:130 min21 Mar
Singapore15:34 → 11:5015:45145 min15:450 min21 Mar
Sydney18:39 → 14:5515:420 min15:410 min21 Mar
Suva20:34 → 16:5015:470 min15:4764 min22 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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