Late afternoon of Monday 2 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:20 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:40
Pūrṇimā begins 17:56:08
14:5615:2015:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:08
0 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2026
Determinatein Kolkata, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 3 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 16 minutes.
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 2 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 3 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
108 of 141 minutes covered, the first 108
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:56 on Mon 2 Mar to 17:08 on Tue 3 Mar.
2026-03-02T12:26:09Z → 2026-03-03T11:37:54Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:20–17:40 on the 2nd, 15:20–17:41 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 108 of 141 on the 3rd.
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 957 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 3 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Kolkata, 2026: Wednesday 4 March.
confidence: determinate
In Kolkata, Holī 2026 falls on Wednesday 4 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 3 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:56 on Mon 2 Mar to 17:08 on Tue 3 Mar and covers 108 of 141 minutes of sāyāhna on the 3rd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 4 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 4 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 4 Mar |
| Rashtriya Panchang | Principal festivals, 2025-26 | Wed 4 Mar |
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 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:26 → 03:38 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:26 → 05:38 | 15:26 | 136 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:26 → 06:38 | 15:33 | 136 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:26 → 07:38 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| London | 12:26 → 11:38 | 15:30 | 132 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Durban | 14:26 → 13:38 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:55 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:26 → 15:38 | 16:01 | 115 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Delhi | 17:56 → 17:08 | 16:02 | 25 min | 16:02 | 66 min | 4 Mar |
| Kolkata | 17:56 → 17:08 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 108 min | 4 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:26 → 19:38 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 4 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:26 → 22:38 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:56 | 153 min | 4 Mar |
| Suva | 00:26 → 23:38 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 149 min | 4 Mar |