Ruling · Holī · 2027

Tuesday 23 March

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 22 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 48 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 Sunday 21 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:04
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26

0 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 22 March

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

15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:04
Pūrṇimā ends 16:43:47
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26

65 of 146 minutes covered, the first 65

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:52 on Sun 21 Mar to 16:44 on Mon 22 Mar.

    2027-03-21T12:52:01Z → 2027-03-22T10:43:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:38–18:04 on the 21st, 15:38–18:04 on the 22nd.

    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 145 minutes on the 21st and 65 of 146 on the 22nd.

    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 2899 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 22 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Chattogram, 2027: Tuesday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Holī 2027 falls on Tuesday 23 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:52 on Sun 21 Mar to 16:44 on Mon 22 Mar and covers 65 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna on the 22nd.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2027/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 21stCoveredSāyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:52 → 03:4416:39146 min16:400 min22 Mar
Chicago07:52 → 05:4416:37146 min16:380 min22 Mar
Jersey City08:52 → 06:4416:43146 min16:430 min22 Mar
Port of Spain08:52 → 06:4415:51145 min15:510 min22 Mar
London12:52 → 10:4415:48146 min15:490 min22 Mar
Durban14:52 → 12:4415:41145 min15:400 min22 Mar
Dubai16:52 → 14:4416:0498 min16:050 min22 Mar
Delhi18:22 → 16:1416:0710 min16:077 min22 Mar
Kolkata18:22 → 16:1415:220 min15:2252 min23 Mar
Singapore20:52 → 18:4416:500 min16:49114 min23 Mar
Sydney23:52 → 21:4416:400 min16:39145 min23 Mar
Suva00:52 → 22:4415:510 min15:51145 min23 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