Late afternoon of Friday 5 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:37
14:4715:1115:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:59
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2004
Determinatein Recife, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 6 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 157 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 5 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 6 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
146 of 146 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:06 on Fri 5 Mar to 20:14 on Sat 6 Mar.
2004-03-06T00:05:43Z → 2004-03-06T23:14:16Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:11–17:37 on the 5th, 15:10–17:37 on the 6th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 5th and 146 of 146 on the 6th.
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 9449 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 6 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Recife, 2004: Sunday 7 March.
confidence: determinate
In Recife, Holī 2004 falls on Sunday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:06 on Fri 5 Mar to 20:14 on Sat 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 7 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 7 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 7 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Recife. | ||
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 6th | Covered | Sāyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:06 → 15:14 | 15:34 | 0 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Chicago | 18:06 → 17:14 | 15:29 | 105 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 19:06 → 18:14 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 20:06 → 19:14 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| London | 00:06 → 23:14 | 15:35 | 135 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 02:06 → 01:14 | 15:53 | 150 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 04:06 → 03:14 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 05:36 → 04:44 | 16:03 | 141 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Kolkata | 05:36 → 04:44 | 15:20 | 142 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Singapore | 08:06 → 07:14 | 16:53 | 145 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:06 → 10:14 | 16:53 | 152 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Suva | 12:06 → 11:14 | 16:00 | 148 min | 15:59 | 0 min | 7 Mar |