Ruling · Holī · 2009

Wednesday 11 March

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 10 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 299 minutes.

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Tuesday 10 March

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

15:37 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
15:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:25

143 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 11 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:37 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
15:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:25

0 of 143 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 10:38 on Tue 10 Mar to 08:38 on Wed 11 Mar.

    2009-03-10T04:37:45Z → 2009-03-11T02:37:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:37–18:00 on the 10th, 15:37–18:00 on the 11th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 143 on the 11th.

    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 17964 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 10 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Chattogram, 2009: Wednesday 11 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Holī 2009 falls on Wednesday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:38 on Tue 10 Mar to 08:38 on Wed 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 10th.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2009/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

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 10thCoveredSāyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:38 → 19:3816:35141 min16:360 min11 Mar
Chicago23:38 → 21:3816:31140 min16:320 min11 Mar
Jersey City00:38 → 22:3816:37140 min16:380 min11 Mar
Port of Spain00:38 → 22:3815:52144 min15:520 min11 Mar
London04:38 → 02:3815:38138 min15:390 min11 Mar
Durban06:38 → 04:3815:50149 min15:490 min11 Mar
Dubai08:38 → 06:3816:03142 min16:030 min11 Mar
Delhi10:08 → 08:0816:04142 min16:050 min11 Mar
Kolkata10:08 → 08:0815:21143 min15:210 min11 Mar
Singapore12:38 → 10:3816:53145 min16:520 min11 Mar
Sydney15:38 → 13:3816:50150 min16:490 min11 Mar
Suva16:38 → 14:3815:58107 min15:570 min11 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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