Late afternoon of Wednesday 2 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
Ruling · Holī · 1988
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 3 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 93 minutes.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 2 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 3 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:30 on Wed 2 Mar to 22:01 on Thu 3 Mar.
1988-03-02T13:29:33Z → 1988-03-03T16:01:04Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:57 on the 2nd, 15:36–17:57 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 141 of 141 on the 3rd.
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 5578 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 3 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chattogram, 1988: Friday 4 March.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Holī 1988 falls on Friday 4 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 3 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:30 on Wed 2 Mar to 22:01 on Thu 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 3rd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 4 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 4 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 4 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 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:30 → 08:01 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:30 → 10:01 | 15:27 | 136 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:30 → 11:01 | 15:33 | 136 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:30 → 12:01 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| London | 13:30 → 16:01 | 15:31 | 132 min | 15:32 | 29 min | 3 Mar |
| Durban | 15:30 → 18:01 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:55 | 126 min | 3 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:30 → 20:01 | 16:01 | 52 min | 16:01 | 140 min | 4 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:00 → 21:31 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 140 min | 4 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:00 → 21:31 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 4 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:30 → 00:01 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 4 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:30 → 03:01 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:56 | 153 min | 4 Mar |
| Suva | 01:30 → 04:01 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 149 min | 4 Mar |