Late afternoon of Monday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:19 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:40
15:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:1918:4319:07
0 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1979
Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 13 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 565 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 13 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 04:05 on Tue 13 Mar to 06:14 on Wed 14 Mar.
1979-03-12T19:05:01Z → 1979-03-13T21:14:15Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:19–18:40 on the 12th, 16:19–18:41 on the 13th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 141 minutes on the 12th and 141 of 141 on the 13th.
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 33921 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 13 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Pyongyang, 1979: Wednesday 14 March.
confidence: determinate
In Pyongyang, Holī 1979 falls on Wednesday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:05 on Tue 13 Mar to 06:14 on Wed 14 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 13th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 14 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 14 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 14 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Pyongyang. | ||
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 12th | Covered | Sāyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:05 → 13:14 | 15:36 | 142 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Chicago | 13:05 → 15:14 | 15:32 | 141 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Jersey City | 14:05 → 16:14 | 15:38 | 141 min | 15:39 | 36 min | 13 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 15:05 → 17:14 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 82 min | 13 Mar |
| London | 19:05 → 21:14 | 15:39 | 0 min | 15:40 | 140 min | 14 Mar |
| Durban | 21:05 → 23:14 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 148 min | 14 Mar |
| Dubai | 23:05 → 01:14 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 143 min | 14 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:35 → 02:44 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 143 min | 14 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:35 → 02:44 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 143 min | 14 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:35 → 04:44 | 16:22 | 0 min | 16:22 | 145 min | 14 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:05 → 07:14 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 149 min | 14 Mar |
| Suva | 07:05 → 09:14 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 147 min | 14 Mar |