Late afternoon of Wednesday 5 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:58
15:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:24
0 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2042
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 6 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 350 minutes.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 5 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 6 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
142 of 142 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:48 on Wed 5 Mar to 02:10 on Fri 7 Mar.
2042-03-05T17:47:41Z → 2042-03-06T20:10:00Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:58 on the 5th, 15:37–17:58 on the 6th.
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 5th and 142 of 142 on the 6th.
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 20994 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 6 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chattogram, 2042: Friday 7 March.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Holī 2042 falls on Friday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:48 on Wed 5 Mar to 02:10 on Fri 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 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 5th | Covered | Sāyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:48 → 12:10 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Chicago | 11:48 → 14:10 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Jersey City | 12:48 → 15:10 | 15:34 | 138 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 13:48 → 16:10 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 17 min | 6 Mar |
| London | 17:48 → 20:10 | 15:34 | 0 min | 15:34 | 135 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 19:48 → 22:10 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 151 min | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 21:48 → 00:10 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 141 min | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 23:18 → 01:40 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 141 min | 7 Mar |
| Kolkata | 23:18 → 01:40 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 142 min | 7 Mar |
| Singapore | 01:48 → 04:10 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 7 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:48 → 07:10 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 152 min | 7 Mar |
| Suva | 05:48 → 08:10 | 16:00 | 0 min | 16:00 | 148 min | 7 Mar |