Late afternoon of Friday 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
Ruling · Holī · 1913
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 22 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 10 s.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 21 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 145 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 22 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
137 of 146 minutes covered, the first 137
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:21 on Fri 21 Mar to 17:49 on Sat 22 Mar.
1913-03-21T15:27:41Z → 1913-03-22T11:55:51Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:31–17:57 on the 21st, 15:31–17:57 on the 22nd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 145 minutes on the 21st and 137 of 146 on the 22nd.
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 490 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 22 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chattogram, 1913: Sunday 23 March.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Holī 1913 falls on Sunday 23 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:21 on Fri 21 Mar to 17:49 on Sat 22 Mar and covers 137 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna on the 22nd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 23 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 23 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 23 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
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 21st | Covered | Sāyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:28 → 03:56 | 15:39 | 146 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:28 → 05:56 | 15:37 | 146 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:28 → 06:56 | 15:43 | 146 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:28 → 07:56 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| London | 15:28 → 11:56 | 15:48 | 146 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Durban | 17:28 → 13:56 | 15:41 | 39 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:09 → 15:37 | 15:46 | 0 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Delhi | 20:58 → 17:26 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 79 min | 23 Mar |
| Kolkata | 20:58 → 17:26 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 124 min | 23 Mar |
| Singapore | 22:28 → 18:56 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Sydney | 01:28 → 21:56 | 15:41 | 0 min | 15:40 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Suva | 03:23 → 23:51 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:46 | 145 min | 23 Mar |