Late afternoon of Monday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:16
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44
0 of 140 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1955
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 8 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 144 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 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 20:56 on Mon 7 Mar to 20:41 on Tue 8 Mar.
1955-03-07T15:56:20Z → 1955-03-08T15:41:13Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:16 on the 7th, 15:56–18:17 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 8657 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 1955: Wednesday 9 March.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Holī 1955 falls on Wednesday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:56 on Mon 7 Mar to 20:41 on Tue 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 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 | 07:56 → 07:41 | 15:34 | 140 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:56 → 09:41 | 15:29 | 138 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:56 → 10:41 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:56 → 11:41 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 15:56 → 15:41 | 15:35 | 113 min | 15:36 | 6 min | 8 Mar |
| Durban | 17:56 → 17:41 | 15:53 | 27 min | 15:52 | 109 min | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:56 → 19:41 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:26 → 21:11 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:04 | 141 min | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:26 → 21:11 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:26 → 23:11 | 16:23 | 0 min | 16:23 | 145 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 01:56 → 01:41 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:53 | 151 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 03:56 → 03:41 | 16:00 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 9 Mar |