Late afternoon of Sunday 28 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
Pūrṇimā begins 18:25:42
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
0 of 142 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1926
Boundaryin Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 29 Mar. A threshold is only 4 min 45 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Sunday 28 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 142 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Monday 29 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 18:26 on Sun 28 Mar to 20:00 on Mon 29 Mar.
1926-03-28T08:25:43Z → 1926-03-29T10:00:05Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:21 on the 28th, 15:58–18:19 on the 29th.
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 28th and 142 of 142 on the 29th.
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 285 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 29 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Melbourne, 1926: Tuesday 30 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Melbourne, Holī 1926 falls on Tuesday 30 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 29 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:26 on Sun 28 Mar to 20:00 on Mon 29 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 29th. It is 4 min 45 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 30 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 30 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 30 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Melbourne. | ||
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 28th | Covered | Sāyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:26 → 02:00 | 15:41 | 149 min | 15:42 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Chicago | 02:26 → 04:00 | 15:41 | 150 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Jersey City | 03:26 → 05:00 | 15:46 | 150 min | 15:47 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 04:26 → 06:00 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:50 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| London | 08:26 → 10:00 | 15:54 | 152 min | 15:55 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Durban | 10:26 → 12:00 | 15:35 | 143 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Dubai | 12:26 → 14:00 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Delhi | 13:56 → 15:30 | 16:08 | 148 min | 16:09 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Kolkata | 13:56 → 15:30 | 15:23 | 147 min | 15:23 | 7 min | 29 Mar |
| Singapore | 15:26 → 17:00 | 15:48 | 145 min | 15:48 | 72 min | 29 Mar |
| Sydney | 18:26 → 20:00 | 15:34 | 0 min | 15:33 | 142 min | 30 Mar |
| Suva | 20:26 → 22:00 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:47 | 144 min | 30 Mar |