Late afternoon of Sunday 8 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:50 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:11
15:2615:5016:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:38
0 of 142 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2020
Determinatein Lucknow, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 306 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 8 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 142 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
142 of 142 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 03:04 on Mon 9 Mar to 23:18 on Mon 9 Mar.
2020-03-08T21:34:14Z → 2020-03-09T17:47:45Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:50–18:11 on the 8th, 15:50–18:12 on the 9th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 142 minutes on the 8th and 142 of 142 on the 9th.
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 18361 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Lucknow, 2020: Tuesday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Lucknow, Holī 2020 falls on Tuesday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:04 on Mon 9 Mar to 23:18 on Mon 9 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 10 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lucknow. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:34 → 10:48 | 16:35 | 141 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:34 → 12:48 | 16:30 | 135 min | 16:31 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:34 → 13:48 | 16:36 | 82 min | 16:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:34 → 13:48 | 15:53 | 42 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| London | 21:34 → 17:48 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:38 | 130 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 23:34 → 19:48 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:50 | 149 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:34 → 21:48 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:04 → 23:18 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:04 → 23:18 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:34 → 01:48 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:34 → 04:48 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:51 | 150 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 09:34 → 05:48 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 10 Mar |