Late afternoon of Tuesday 27 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50
0 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2040
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 28 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 101 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 27 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 20:46 on Tue 27 Mar to 20:12 on Wed 28 Mar.
2040-03-27T15:45:39Z → 2040-03-28T15:11:46Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:30 on the 27th, 16:02–18:30 on the 28th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 148 minutes on the 27th and 148 of 148 on the 28th.
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 6081 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 28 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 2040: Thursday 29 March.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Holī 2040 falls on Thursday 29 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:46 on Tue 27 Mar to 20:12 on Wed 28 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 29 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 29 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 29 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:46 → 08:12 | 16:42 | 149 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:46 → 10:12 | 16:41 | 150 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:46 → 11:12 | 16:46 | 150 min | 16:47 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 11:46 → 11:12 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:50 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| London | 16:46 → 16:12 | 16:54 | 152 min | 16:55 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Durban | 17:46 → 17:12 | 15:35 | 12 min | 15:34 | 98 min | 29 Mar |
| Dubai | 19:46 → 19:12 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:06 | 148 min | 29 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:16 → 20:42 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:09 | 148 min | 29 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:16 → 20:42 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 29 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:46 → 23:12 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:48 | 145 min | 29 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:46 → 02:12 | 16:34 | 0 min | 16:33 | 142 min | 29 Mar |
| Suva | 03:46 → 03:12 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:47 | 144 min | 29 Mar |