Late afternoon of Friday 21 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:13 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:38
14:4915:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:01
0 of 146 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1913
Determinatein Mashhad, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 22 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 44 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 21 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 22 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
8 of 146 minutes covered, the first 8
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:53 on Fri 21 Mar to 15:21 on Sat 22 Mar.
1913-03-21T15:27:41Z → 1913-03-22T11:55:51Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:13–17:38 on the 21st, 15:13–17:39 on the 22nd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 21st and 8 of 146 on the 22nd.
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 464 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 22 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Mashhad, 1913: Sunday 23 March.
confidence: determinate
In Mashhad, Holī 1913 falls on Sunday 23 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:53 on Fri 21 Mar to 15:21 on Sat 22 Mar and covers 8 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna on the 22nd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 23 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 23 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 23 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Mashhad. | ||
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 21st | Covered | Sāyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:28 → 03:56 | 15:39 | 146 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:28 → 05:56 | 15:37 | 146 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:28 → 06:56 | 15:43 | 146 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:28 → 07:56 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| London | 15:28 → 11:56 | 15:48 | 146 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Durban | 17:28 → 13:56 | 15:41 | 39 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:09 → 15:37 | 15:46 | 0 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Delhi | 20:58 → 17:26 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 79 min | 23 Mar |
| Kolkata | 20:58 → 17:26 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 124 min | 23 Mar |
| Singapore | 22:28 → 18:56 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Sydney | 01:28 → 21:56 | 15:41 | 0 min | 15:40 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Suva | 03:23 → 23:51 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:46 | 145 min | 23 Mar |