Late afternoon of Wednesday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:30 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:53
15:0615:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:18
0 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1941
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 13 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 14 minutes.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 13 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
129 of 143 minutes covered, the first 129
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 20:41 on Wed 12 Mar to 17:40 on Thu 13 Mar.
1941-03-12T14:48:24Z → 1941-03-13T11:46:43Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:30–17:53 on the 12th, 15:31–17:54 on the 13th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 143 minutes on the 12th and 129 of 143 on the 13th.
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 846 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 13 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chattogram, 1941: Friday 14 March.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Holī 1941 falls on Friday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:41 on Wed 12 Mar to 17:40 on Thu 13 Mar and covers 129 of 143 minutes of sāyāhna on the 13th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 14 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 14 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 14 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 12th | Covered | Sāyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:48 → 03:47 | 15:36 | 142 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Chicago | 08:48 → 05:47 | 15:32 | 141 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Jersey City | 09:48 → 06:47 | 15:38 | 141 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 10:48 → 07:47 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| London | 15:48 → 12:47 | 16:40 | 139 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Durban | 16:48 → 13:47 | 15:48 | 89 min | 15:48 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Dubai | 18:48 → 15:47 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Delhi | 20:18 → 17:17 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 72 min | 14 Mar |
| Kolkata | 20:18 → 17:17 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 115 min | 14 Mar |
| Singapore | 22:08 → 19:07 | 16:12 | 0 min | 16:12 | 145 min | 14 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:48 → 21:47 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 149 min | 14 Mar |
| Suva | 02:48 → 23:47 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 147 min | 14 Mar |