Late afternoon of Thursday 18 March
Qualifies with 36 of 145 minutes. Not taken.
15:52 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:16
Pūrṇimā begins 17:40:33
15:2815:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:40
36 of 145 minutes covered, the last 36
Ruling · Holī · 2049
Boundaryin Lucknow, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 19 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 Thursday 18 March
Qualifies with 36 of 145 minutes. Not taken.
36 of 145 minutes covered, the last 36
Late afternoon of Friday 19 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
122 of 145 minutes covered, the first 122
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:41 on Thu 18 Mar to 17:53 on Fri 19 Mar.
2049-03-18T12:10:33Z → 2049-03-19T12:23:23Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:52–18:16 on the 18th, 15:52–18:17 on the 19th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 36 of 145 minutes on the 18th and 122 of 145 on the 19th.
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 1412 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 19 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Lucknow, 2049: Saturday 20 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Lucknow, Holī 2049 falls on Saturday 20 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:41 on Thu 18 Mar to 17:53 on Fri 19 Mar and covers 122 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna on the 19th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 36 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 | Sat 20 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 20 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 20 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 18th | Covered | Sāyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:11 → 05:23 | 16:38 | 145 min | 16:39 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:11 → 07:23 | 16:36 | 145 min | 16:37 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:11 → 08:23 | 16:42 | 145 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:11 → 08:23 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| London | 12:11 → 12:23 | 15:46 | 145 min | 15:47 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Durban | 14:11 → 14:23 | 15:43 | 146 min | 15:42 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:11 → 16:23 | 16:04 | 138 min | 16:04 | 19 min | 19 Mar |
| Delhi | 17:41 → 17:53 | 16:06 | 51 min | 16:07 | 107 min | 20 Mar |
| Kolkata | 17:41 → 17:53 | 15:22 | 6 min | 15:22 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:11 → 20:23 | 16:50 | 0 min | 16:50 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:11 → 23:23 | 16:43 | 0 min | 16:42 | 146 min | 20 Mar |
| Suva | 00:11 → 00:23 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:52 | 146 min | 20 Mar |