Ruling · Holī · 1977

Sunday 6 March

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 315 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 Friday 4 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:57
15:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:24

0 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 5 March

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

15:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:58
15:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:24

141 of 141 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 00:57 on Sat 5 Mar to 23:13 on Sat 5 Mar.

    1977-03-04T18:57:15Z → 1977-03-05T17:13:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:57 on the 4th, 15:36–17:58 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 141 minutes on the 4th and 141 of 141 on the 5th.

    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 18929 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 5 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Chattogram, 1977: Sunday 6 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Holī 1977 falls on Sunday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:57 on Sat 5 Mar to 23:13 on Sat 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/1977/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 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 4thCoveredSāyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:57 → 09:1315:33139 min15:330 min5 Mar
Chicago12:57 → 11:1315:28137 min15:280 min5 Mar
Jersey City13:57 → 12:1315:34137 min15:340 min5 Mar
Port of Spain14:57 → 13:1315:53143 min15:530 min5 Mar
London18:57 → 17:1315:320 min15:33100 min6 Mar
Durban20:57 → 19:1315:540 min15:54151 min6 Mar
Dubai22:57 → 21:1316:020 min16:02141 min6 Mar
Delhi00:27 → 22:4316:030 min16:03140 min6 Mar
Kolkata00:27 → 22:4315:200 min15:20141 min6 Mar
Singapore02:27 → 00:4316:240 min16:24145 min6 Mar
Sydney05:57 → 03:1316:560 min16:55152 min6 Mar
Suva06:57 → 05:1316:010 min16:01149 min6 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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