Ruling · Holī · 2015
Boundaryin Dakar, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 4 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 Wednesday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
143 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 5 March
Qualifies with 70 of 143 minutes. Not taken.
70 of 143 minutes covered, the first 70
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 15:28 on Wed 4 Mar to 18:05 on Thu 5 Mar.
2015-03-04T15:27:54Z → 2015-03-05T18:05:24Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:55–19:18 on the 4th, 16:56–19:18 on the 5th.
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 4th and 70 of 143 on the 5th.
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 4194 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 4 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Dakar, 2015: Thursday 5 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Dakar, Holī 2015 falls on Thursday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:28 on Wed 4 Mar to 18:05 on Thu 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 4th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 70 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 | Thu 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 5 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:28 → 10:05 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:28 → 12:05 | 15:27 | 137 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:28 → 13:05 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:28 → 14:05 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 15:28 → 18:05 | 15:32 | 133 min | 15:33 | 134 min | 6 Mar |
| Durban | 17:28 → 20:05 | 15:55 | 58 min | 15:54 | 151 min | 6 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:28 → 22:05 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:02 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Delhi | 20:58 → 23:35 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 140 min | 6 Mar |
| Kolkata | 20:58 → 23:35 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 6 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:28 → 02:05 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 6 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:28 → 05:05 | 16:56 | 0 min | 16:55 | 152 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 03:28 → 06:05 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 6 Mar |