Late afternoon of Thursday 17 March
Qualifies with 36 of 147 minutes. Not taken.
17:09 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:37
Pūrṇimā begins 19:00:17
16:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:3319:57
36 of 147 minutes covered, the last 36
Ruling · Holī · 2022
Boundaryin Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 18 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 17 March
Qualifies with 36 of 147 minutes. Not taken.
36 of 147 minutes covered, the last 36
Late afternoon of Friday 18 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
69 of 147 minutes covered, the first 69
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:00 on Thu 17 Mar to 18:18 on Fri 18 Mar.
2022-03-17T08:00:18Z → 2022-03-18T07:17:35Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:09–19:37 on the 17th, 17:08–19:35 on the 18th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 36 of 147 minutes on the 17th and 69 of 147 on the 18th.
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 2174 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 18 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Melbourne, 2022: Saturday 19 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Melbourne, Holī 2022 falls on Saturday 19 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:00 on Thu 17 Mar to 18:18 on Fri 18 Mar and covers 69 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 18th. 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 19 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 19 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 19 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 17th | Covered | Sāyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:00 → 00:18 | 16:38 | 144 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Chicago | 03:00 → 02:18 | 16:35 | 144 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Jersey City | 04:00 → 03:18 | 16:41 | 144 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 04:00 → 03:18 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| London | 08:00 → 07:18 | 15:45 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Durban | 10:00 → 09:18 | 15:44 | 147 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Dubai | 12:00 → 11:18 | 16:04 | 144 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Delhi | 13:30 → 12:48 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Kolkata | 13:30 → 12:48 | 15:22 | 144 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Singapore | 16:00 → 15:18 | 16:51 | 145 min | 16:51 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 19:00 → 18:18 | 16:44 | 11 min | 16:43 | 95 min | 19 Mar |
| Suva | 20:00 → 19:18 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:53 | 146 min | 19 Mar |