Late afternoon of Monday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:19
16:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:44
143 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1925
Determinatein Dakar, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 155 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
143 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 13:49 on Mon 9 Mar to 14:21 on Tue 10 Mar.
1925-03-09T13:49:27Z → 1925-03-10T14:20:43Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:56–19:19 on the 9th, 16:56–19:19 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 144 on the 10th.
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 9296 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Dakar, 1925: Tuesday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Dakar, Holī 1925 falls on Tuesday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:49 on Mon 9 Mar to 14:21 on Tue 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 10 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Dakar. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:49 → 06:21 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:49 → 08:21 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:49 → 09:21 | 15:36 | 139 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:49 → 10:21 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 13:49 → 14:21 | 15:37 | 137 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 15:49 → 16:21 | 15:51 | 150 min | 15:50 | 31 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:49 → 18:21 | 16:03 | 35 min | 16:03 | 138 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:19 → 19:51 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:19 → 19:51 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:49 → 21:21 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 145 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:49 → 00:21 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:51 | 150 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 01:49 → 02:21 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 11 Mar |