Late afternoon of Wednesday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1971
Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 11 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 30 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 11 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:55 on Wed 10 Mar to 21:34 on Thu 11 Mar.
1971-03-10T23:55:29Z → 1971-03-12T02:33:34Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:25 on the 10th, 15:58–18:25 on the 11th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 10th and 147 of 147 on the 11th.
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 1819 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 11 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Lima, 1971: Friday 12 March.
confidence: determinate
In Lima, Holī 1971 falls on Friday 12 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:55 on Wed 10 Mar to 21:34 on Thu 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 11th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 12 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 12 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 12 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
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 10th | Covered | Sāyāhna 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:55 → 18:34 | 15:35 | 121 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Chicago | 17:55 → 20:34 | 15:31 | 0 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Jersey City | 18:55 → 21:34 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 19:55 → 22:34 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| London | 00:55 → 03:34 | 16:38 | 0 min | 16:39 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Durban | 01:55 → 04:34 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Dubai | 03:55 → 06:34 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Delhi | 05:25 → 08:04 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Kolkata | 05:25 → 08:04 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Singapore | 07:25 → 10:04 | 16:23 | 0 min | 16:22 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Sydney | 09:55 → 12:34 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 12 Mar |
| Suva | 11:55 → 14:34 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 0 min | 12 Mar |