Ruling · Holī · 2078
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 27 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 Sunday 27 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 28 March
Qualifies with 86 of 147 minutes. Not taken.
86 of 147 minutes covered, the first 86
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:53 on Sun 27 Mar to 17:06 on Mon 28 Mar.
2078-03-27T08:52:51Z → 2078-03-28T11:05:33Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:39–18:06 on the 27th, 15:39–18:07 on the 28th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 27th and 86 of 147 on the 28th.
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 2773 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 27 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chattogram, 2078: Monday 28 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Chattogram, Holī 2078 falls on Monday 28 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 27 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:53 on Sun 27 Mar to 17:06 on Mon 28 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 27th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 86 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 | Mon 28 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 28 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 28 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:53 → 04:06 | 16:42 | 149 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Chicago | 03:53 → 06:06 | 16:41 | 150 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Jersey City | 04:53 → 07:06 | 16:47 | 150 min | 16:47 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 04:53 → 07:06 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| London | 09:53 → 12:06 | 16:54 | 152 min | 16:55 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Durban | 10:53 → 13:06 | 15:35 | 143 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Dubai | 12:53 → 15:06 | 16:06 | 147 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Delhi | 14:23 → 16:36 | 16:09 | 148 min | 16:09 | 27 min | 28 Mar |
| Kolkata | 14:23 → 16:36 | 15:23 | 147 min | 15:23 | 73 min | 28 Mar |
| Singapore | 16:53 → 19:06 | 16:48 | 141 min | 16:48 | 138 min | 28 Mar |
| Sydney | 19:53 → 22:06 | 16:34 | 0 min | 16:33 | 142 min | 29 Mar |
| Suva | 20:53 → 23:06 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:47 | 144 min | 29 Mar |