Late afternoon of Tuesday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:18 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:49
15:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:06
151 of 151 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1982
Determinatein Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 503 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
151 of 151 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 151 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 07:55 on Tue 9 Mar to 06:45 on Wed 10 Mar.
1982-03-08T21:54:46Z → 1982-03-09T20:45:08Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:18–18:49 on the 9th, 16:17–18:48 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 151 of 151 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 151 on the 10th.
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 30172 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Melbourne, 1982: Wednesday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Melbourne, Holī 1982 falls on Wednesday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:55 on Tue 9 Mar to 06:45 on Wed 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 10 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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:55 → 12:45 | 15:35 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:55 → 14:45 | 15:30 | 114 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:55 → 15:45 | 15:36 | 60 min | 15:36 | 9 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:55 → 16:45 | 15:53 | 22 min | 15:53 | 53 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 21:55 → 20:45 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:37 | 137 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 23:55 → 22:45 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:51 | 150 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:55 → 00:45 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:25 → 02:15 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 141 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:25 → 02:15 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:55 → 04:45 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:55 → 07:45 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:51 | 151 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 09:55 → 08:45 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 10 Mar |