Late afternoon of Wednesday 26 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:21 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:56
15:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:09
0 of 155 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1964
Determinatein Perth, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 27 Feb. Clear of every threshold by 104 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 26 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 155 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 27 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
154 of 154 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:40 on Wed 26 Feb to 20:39 on Thu 27 Feb.
1964-02-26T13:39:34Z → 1964-02-27T12:39:12Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:21–18:56 on the 26th, 16:21–18:55 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 155 minutes on the 26th and 154 of 154 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 6256 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 27 February is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Perth, 1964: Friday 28 February.
confidence: determinate
In Perth, Holī 1964 falls on Friday 28 February. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 27 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:40 on Wed 26 Feb to 20:39 on Thu 27 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna on the 27th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 28 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 28 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 28 Feb |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Perth. | ||
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 | 05:40 → 04:39 | 15:30 | 136 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| Chicago | 07:40 → 06:39 | 15:23 | 133 min | 15:24 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| Jersey City | 08:40 → 07:39 | 15:30 | 133 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 09:40 → 08:39 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| London | 13:40 → 12:39 | 15:26 | 128 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| Durban | 15:40 → 14:39 | 15:59 | 154 min | 15:59 | 0 min | 27 Feb |
| Dubai | 17:40 → 16:39 | 16:00 | 39 min | 16:00 | 39 min | 28 Feb |
| Delhi | 19:10 → 18:09 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 128 min | 28 Feb |
| Kolkata | 19:10 → 18:09 | 15:19 | 0 min | 15:19 | 140 min | 28 Feb |
| Singapore | 21:10 → 20:09 | 16:25 | 0 min | 16:25 | 145 min | 28 Feb |
| Sydney | 23:40 → 22:39 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:00 | 155 min | 28 Feb |
| Suva | 01:40 → 00:39 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:04 | 150 min | 28 Feb |