Late afternoon of Tuesday 10 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:00 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:48
143 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2009
Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 10 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 202 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 10 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
143 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 11 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 12:38 on Tue 10 Mar to 10:38 on Wed 11 Mar.
2009-03-10T04:37:45Z → 2009-03-11T02:37:44Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:00–18:22 on the 10th, 16:00–18:23 on the 11th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 143 on the 11th.
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 12112 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 10 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Puning, 2009: Wednesday 11 March.
confidence: determinate
In Puning, Holī 2009 falls on Wednesday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:38 on Tue 10 Mar to 10:38 on Wed 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 10th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 11 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 10th | Covered | Sāyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:38 → 19:38 | 16:35 | 141 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:38 → 21:38 | 16:31 | 140 min | 16:32 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:38 → 22:38 | 16:37 | 140 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:38 → 22:38 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| London | 04:38 → 02:38 | 15:38 | 138 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 06:38 → 04:38 | 15:50 | 149 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:38 → 06:38 | 16:03 | 142 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 10:08 → 08:08 | 16:04 | 142 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 10:08 → 08:08 | 15:21 | 143 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:38 → 10:38 | 16:53 | 145 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:38 → 13:38 | 16:50 | 150 min | 16:49 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 16:38 → 14:38 | 15:58 | 107 min | 15:57 | 0 min | 11 Mar |