Late afternoon of Friday 29 February
Qualifies with 46 of 142 minutes. Not taken.
16:55 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:17
Pūrṇimā begins 18:31:47
16:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:43
46 of 142 minutes covered, the last 46
Ruling · Holī · 1980
Boundaryin Dakar, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 1 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 29 February
Qualifies with 46 of 142 minutes. Not taken.
46 of 142 minutes covered, the last 46
Late afternoon of Saturday 1 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 18:32 on Fri 29 Feb to 21:00 on Sat 1 Mar.
1980-02-29T18:31:47Z → 1980-03-01T20:59:39Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:55–19:17 on the 29th, 16:55–19:18 on the 1st.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 46 of 142 minutes on the 29th and 142 of 142 on the 1st.
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 2736 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 1 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Dakar, 1980: Sunday 2 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Dakar, Holī 1980 falls on Sunday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:32 on Fri 29 Feb to 21:00 on Sat 1 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 46 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 | Sun 2 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 2 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 2 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 29th | Covered | Sāyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:32 → 13:00 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:32 → 15:00 | 15:25 | 135 min | 15:26 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:32 → 16:00 | 15:32 | 135 min | 15:32 | 28 min | 1 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:32 → 17:00 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 67 min | 1 Mar |
| London | 18:32 → 21:00 | 15:29 | 0 min | 15:30 | 131 min | 2 Mar |
| Durban | 20:32 → 23:00 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 152 min | 2 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:32 → 01:00 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 140 min | 2 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:02 → 02:30 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 139 min | 2 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:02 → 02:30 | 15:19 | 0 min | 15:20 | 140 min | 2 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:02 → 04:30 | 16:25 | 0 min | 16:24 | 145 min | 2 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:32 → 07:00 | 16:59 | 0 min | 16:58 | 154 min | 2 Mar |
| Suva | 06:32 → 09:00 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 149 min | 2 Mar |