Late afternoon of Monday 4 March
Qualifies with 44 of 154 minutes. Not taken.
17:22 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:55
Pūrṇimā begins 19:11:18
16:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:5819:2219:4620:10
44 of 154 minutes covered, the last 44
Ruling · Holī · 1996
Boundaryin Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 5 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 Monday 4 March
Qualifies with 44 of 154 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 154 minutes covered, the last 44
Late afternoon of Tuesday 5 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
153 of 153 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:11 on Mon 4 Mar to 20:23 on Tue 5 Mar.
1996-03-04T08:11:19Z → 1996-03-05T09:22:42Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:22–19:55 on the 4th, 17:21–19:54 on the 5th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 44 of 154 minutes on the 4th and 153 of 153 on the 5th.
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 1725 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 5 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Melbourne, 1996: Wednesday 6 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Melbourne, Holī 1996 falls on Wednesday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:11 on Mon 4 Mar to 20:23 on Tue 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 44 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 | Wed 6 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 6 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 6 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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:11 → 01:23 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 02:11 → 03:23 | 15:28 | 137 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 03:11 → 04:23 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 04:11 → 05:23 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 08:11 → 09:23 | 15:33 | 133 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Durban | 10:11 → 11:23 | 15:54 | 151 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Dubai | 12:11 → 13:23 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Delhi | 13:41 → 14:53 | 16:03 | 140 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 13:41 → 14:53 | 15:20 | 141 min | 15:20 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 16:11 → 17:23 | 16:54 | 145 min | 16:54 | 29 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 19:11 → 20:23 | 16:55 | 16 min | 16:54 | 152 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 20:11 → 21:23 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:00 | 148 min | 6 Mar |