Late afternoon of Thursday 19 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:24
15:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48
0 of 145 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1981
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 20 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 26 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 19 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 145 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 20 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:51 on Thu 19 Mar to 20:22 on Fri 20 Mar.
1981-03-19T13:50:39Z → 1981-03-20T15:22:28Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:00–18:24 on the 19th, 16:00–18:25 on the 20th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 145 minutes on the 19th and 145 of 145 on the 20th.
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 1573 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 20 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 1981: Saturday 21 March.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Holī 1981 falls on Saturday 21 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 20 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:51 on Thu 19 Mar to 20:22 on Fri 20 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 20th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 21 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 21 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 21 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 19th | Covered | Sāyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:51 → 07:22 | 15:39 | 145 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:51 → 09:22 | 15:36 | 145 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:51 → 10:22 | 15:42 | 145 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:51 → 11:22 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| London | 13:51 → 15:22 | 15:46 | 145 min | 15:47 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Durban | 15:51 → 17:22 | 15:42 | 138 min | 15:41 | 101 min | 20 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:51 → 19:22 | 16:04 | 39 min | 16:04 | 145 min | 21 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:21 → 20:52 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 145 min | 21 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:21 → 20:52 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 145 min | 21 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:21 → 22:52 | 16:20 | 0 min | 16:20 | 145 min | 21 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:51 → 01:22 | 15:42 | 0 min | 15:41 | 146 min | 21 Mar |
| Suva | 01:51 → 03:22 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:52 | 145 min | 21 Mar |