Ruling · Holī · 1955

Wednesday 9 March

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 8 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 320 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Monday 7 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47

0 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 8 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47

142 of 142 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 23:56 on Mon 7 Mar to 23:41 on Tue 8 Mar.

    1955-03-07T15:56:20Z → 1955-03-08T15:41:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:21 on the 7th, 15:59–18:21 on the 8th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 141 minutes on the 7th and 142 of 142 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 19215 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 8 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Puning, 1955: Wednesday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Holī 1955 falls on Wednesday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:56 on Mon 7 Mar to 23:41 on Tue 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/1955/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 7thCoveredSāyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:56 → 07:4115:34140 min15:340 min8 Mar
Chicago09:56 → 09:4115:29138 min15:300 min8 Mar
Jersey City10:56 → 10:4115:35138 min15:360 min8 Mar
Port of Spain11:56 → 11:4115:53144 min15:530 min8 Mar
London15:56 → 15:4115:35113 min15:366 min8 Mar
Durban17:56 → 17:4115:5327 min15:52109 min9 Mar
Dubai19:56 → 19:4116:020 min16:02142 min9 Mar
Delhi21:26 → 21:1116:030 min16:04141 min9 Mar
Kolkata21:26 → 21:1115:200 min15:21142 min9 Mar
Singapore23:26 → 23:1116:230 min16:23145 min9 Mar
Sydney01:56 → 01:4115:540 min15:53151 min9 Mar
Suva03:56 → 03:4116:000 min15:59148 min9 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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