Ruling · Holī · 1975
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 26 Mar. Pūrṇimā reaches sāyāhna on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 26 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Pūrṇimā reaches neither late afternoon; this is the day it falls on. Holī is the day after.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 27 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:15 on Wed 26 Mar to 15:36 on Thu 27 Mar.
1975-03-26T14:15:23Z → 1975-03-27T10:36:02Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:28 on the 26th, 16:01–18:29 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 148 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither late afternoon qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 1522 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 26 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 1975: Thursday 27 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Multan, Holī 1975 falls on Thursday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:15 on Wed 26 Mar to 15:36 on Thu 27 Mar, and reaches sāyāhna on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 27 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 26th | Covered | Sāyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:15 → 03:36 | 16:41 | 148 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Chicago | 09:15 → 05:36 | 16:40 | 149 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Jersey City | 10:15 → 06:36 | 16:45 | 149 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 10:15 → 06:36 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| London | 15:15 → 11:36 | 16:52 | 150 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Durban | 16:15 → 12:36 | 15:37 | 105 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Dubai | 18:15 → 14:36 | 16:05 | 17 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:45 → 16:06 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:45 → 16:06 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 43 min | 28 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:45 → 18:06 | 16:18 | 0 min | 16:18 | 108 min | 28 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:15 → 20:36 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:35 | 143 min | 28 Mar |
| Suva | 02:15 → 22:36 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 28 Mar |