Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:26 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:46
16:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14
0 of 140 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1917
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 8 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 397 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 01:24 on Thu 8 Mar to 03:28 on Fri 9 Mar.
1917-03-07T19:53:36Z → 1917-03-08T21:57:40Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:26–18:46 on the 7th, 16:26–18:47 on the 8th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 140 minutes on the 7th and 141 of 141 on the 8th.
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 23830 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 1917: Friday 9 March.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Holī 1917 falls on Friday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:24 on Thu 8 Mar to 03:28 on Fri 9 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:54 → 13:58 | 15:34 | 140 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 13:54 → 15:58 | 15:29 | 138 min | 15:30 | 28 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 14:54 → 16:58 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:36 | 82 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 15:54 → 17:58 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 125 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 19:54 → 21:58 | 15:35 | 0 min | 15:36 | 136 min | 9 Mar |
| Durban | 21:54 → 23:58 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:52 | 150 min | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 23:35 → 01:39 | 15:43 | 0 min | 15:43 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:24 → 03:28 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 141 min | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:24 → 03:28 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:54 → 04:58 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 145 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 06:54 → 08:58 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 151 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 07:54 → 09:58 | 16:00 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 9 Mar |