Late afternoon of Friday 29 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50
148 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1980
Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 29 Feb. A threshold is only 2 min 21 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 29 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 1 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 13:32 on Fri 29 Feb to 16:00 on Sat 1 Mar.
1980-02-29T18:31:47Z → 1980-03-01T20:59:39Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:30 on the 29th, 16:02–18:30 on the 1st.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 148 on the 1st.
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 141 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 29 February is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Lima, 1980: Saturday 1 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lima, Holī 1980 falls on Saturday 1 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 29 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:32 on Fri 29 Feb to 16:00 on Sat 1 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 29th. It is 2 min 21 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 1 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 1 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 1 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 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 |