Late afternoon of Monday 2 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:24 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:43
16:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:12
138 of 138 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1942
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 2 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 598 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 2 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
138 of 138 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 3 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:27 on Mon 2 Mar to 05:50 on Tue 3 Mar.
1942-03-02T00:56:37Z → 1942-03-03T00:19:46Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:24–18:43 on the 2nd, 16:25–18:44 on the 3rd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 138 of 138 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 139 on the 3rd.
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 35868 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 2 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 1942: Tuesday 3 March.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Holī 1942 falls on Tuesday 3 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:27 on Mon 2 Mar to 05:50 on Tue 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 2nd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 3 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 3 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 3 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 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:57 → 17:20 | 16:32 | 48 min | 16:32 | 0 min | 2 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:57 → 19:20 | 16:26 | 135 min | 16:27 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:57 → 20:20 | 16:32 | 136 min | 16:33 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 20:57 → 20:20 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| London | 01:57 → 01:20 | 16:30 | 131 min | 16:31 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Durban | 02:57 → 02:20 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:56 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Dubai | 04:57 → 04:20 | 16:01 | 140 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Delhi | 07:27 → 06:50 | 17:02 | 139 min | 17:02 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Kolkata | 07:27 → 06:50 | 16:20 | 140 min | 16:20 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:57 → 09:20 | 17:54 | 145 min | 17:54 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:57 → 11:20 | 16:58 | 154 min | 16:57 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Suva | 12:57 → 12:20 | 16:03 | 149 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 3 Mar |