Late afternoon of Friday 26 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50
147 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1937
Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 26 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 529 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 26 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 27 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:59 on Fri 26 Mar to 07:12 on Sat 27 Mar.
1937-03-25T21:59:18Z → 1937-03-26T23:12:11Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:28 on the 26th, 16:02–18:29 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 147 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 31767 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 26 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Puning, 1937: Saturday 27 March.
confidence: determinate
In Puning, Holī 1937 falls on Saturday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:59 on Fri 26 Mar to 07:12 on Sat 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 26th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 27 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning. | ||
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 25th | Covered | Sāyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:59 → 15:12 | 15:41 | 148 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:59 → 17:12 | 15:40 | 129 min | 15:40 | 92 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:59 → 18:12 | 15:45 | 74 min | 15:45 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:59 → 19:12 | 15:51 | 17 min | 15:51 | 146 min | 27 Mar |
| London | 21:59 → 23:12 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:52 | 150 min | 27 Mar |
| Durban | 23:59 → 01:12 | 15:38 | 0 min | 15:37 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:59 → 03:12 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:29 → 04:42 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:29 → 04:42 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:19 → 06:32 | 16:09 | 0 min | 16:08 | 145 min | 27 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:59 → 09:12 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:36 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 09:59 → 11:12 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:49 | 144 min | 27 Mar |