Late afternoon of Friday 3 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
15:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:54
0 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1950
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 4 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 58 minutes.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 3 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
58 of 141 minutes covered, the first 58
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:34 on Fri 3 Mar to 17:04 on Sat 4 Mar.
1950-03-03T13:03:52Z → 1950-03-04T10:33:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:06–18:27 on the 3rd, 16:06–18:27 on the 4th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 141 minutes on the 3rd and 58 of 141 on the 4th.
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 3455 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 4 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chattogram, 1950: Sunday 5 March.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Holī 1950 falls on Sunday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:34 on Fri 3 Mar to 17:04 on Sat 4 Mar and covers 58 of 141 minutes of sāyāhna on the 4th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 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 3rd | Covered | Sāyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:04 → 02:34 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:04 → 04:34 | 15:27 | 136 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:04 → 05:34 | 15:33 | 136 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:04 → 06:34 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| London | 13:04 → 10:34 | 15:31 | 132 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Durban | 15:04 → 12:34 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:55 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:04 → 14:34 | 16:01 | 78 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Delhi | 18:34 → 16:04 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 1 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 18:34 → 16:04 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 44 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:34 → 18:04 | 16:24 | 0 min | 16:24 | 100 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:04 → 20:34 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 153 min | 5 Mar |
| Suva | 01:04 → 22:34 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 5 Mar |