Late afternoon of Saturday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1994
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 27 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 02 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 27 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
8 of 148 minutes covered, the first 8
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:45 on Sat 26 Mar to 16:10 on Sun 27 Mar.
1994-03-26T14:45:22Z → 1994-03-27T11:09:32Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:29 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 8 of 148 on the 27th.
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 482 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 27 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 1994: Monday 28 March.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Holī 1994 falls on Monday 28 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 27 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:45 on Sat 26 Mar to 16:10 on Sun 27 Mar and covers 8 of 148 minutes of sāyāhna on the 27th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 28 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 28 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 28 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 | 06:45 → 03:10 | 15:41 | 148 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Chicago | 08:45 → 05:10 | 15:40 | 149 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Jersey City | 09:45 → 06:10 | 15:46 | 149 min | 15:46 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 10:45 → 07:10 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| London | 14:45 → 12:10 | 15:52 | 150 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Durban | 16:45 → 13:10 | 15:37 | 75 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Dubai | 18:45 → 15:10 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Delhi | 20:15 → 16:40 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 31 min | 28 Mar |
| Kolkata | 20:15 → 16:40 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 77 min | 28 Mar |
| Singapore | 22:45 → 19:10 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:48 | 141 min | 28 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:45 → 21:10 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:35 | 143 min | 28 Mar |
| Suva | 02:45 → 23:10 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 28 Mar |