Late afternoon of Monday 6 March
Qualifies with 70 of 142 minutes. Not taken.
15:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:58
Pūrṇimā begins 16:47:49
15:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:24
70 of 142 minutes covered, the last 70
Ruling · Holī · 2023
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 7 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 6 March
Qualifies with 70 of 142 minutes. Not taken.
70 of 142 minutes covered, the last 70
Late afternoon of Tuesday 7 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
142 of 142 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 16:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 18:40 on Tue 7 Mar.
2023-03-06T10:47:49Z → 2023-03-07T12:40:22Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:58 on the 6th, 15:37–17:58 on the 7th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 70 of 142 minutes on the 6th and 142 of 142 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2517 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 7 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chattogram, 2023: Wednesday 8 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Chattogram, Holī 2023 falls on Wednesday 8 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 7 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 18:40 on Tue 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 7th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 70 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 8 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 8 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 6th | Covered | Sāyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:48 → 04:40 | 15:34 | 139 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:48 → 06:40 | 15:29 | 138 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:48 → 07:40 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:48 → 08:40 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| London | 10:48 → 12:40 | 15:34 | 135 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 12:48 → 14:40 | 15:53 | 151 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:48 → 16:40 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 38 min | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:18 → 18:10 | 16:03 | 126 min | 16:03 | 127 min | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:18 → 18:10 | 15:20 | 84 min | 15:20 | 142 min | 8 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:48 → 20:40 | 16:53 | 31 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 8 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:48 → 23:40 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:53 | 151 min | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 22:48 → 00:40 | 16:00 | 0 min | 16:00 | 148 min | 8 Mar |