Late afternoon of Wednesday 13 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:01
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26
0 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1968
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 14 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 411 minutes.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 13 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 14 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
144 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 03:15 on Thu 14 Mar to 00:52 on Fri 15 Mar.
1968-03-13T21:15:30Z → 1968-03-14T18:52:18Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:38–18:01 on the 13th, 15:38–18:01 on the 14th.
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 13th and 144 of 144 on the 14th.
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 24657 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 14 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chattogram, 1968: Friday 15 March.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Holī 1968 falls on Friday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:15 on Thu 14 Mar to 00:52 on Fri 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 15 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 15 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 15 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 13th | Covered | Sāyāhna 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:15 → 10:52 | 15:37 | 143 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:15 → 12:52 | 15:33 | 142 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:15 → 13:52 | 15:39 | 105 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:15 → 14:52 | 15:52 | 61 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| London | 22:15 → 19:52 | 16:41 | 0 min | 16:42 | 141 min | 15 Mar |
| Durban | 23:15 → 20:52 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:46 | 148 min | 15 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:15 → 22:52 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 144 min | 15 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:45 → 00:22 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 143 min | 15 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:45 → 00:22 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:22 | 144 min | 15 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:45 → 02:22 | 16:22 | 0 min | 16:22 | 145 min | 15 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:15 → 04:52 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:47 | 148 min | 15 Mar |
| Suva | 09:15 → 06:52 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:55 | 147 min | 15 Mar |