Late afternoon of Thursday 24 March
Qualifies with 6 of 145 minutes. Not taken.
15:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:28
Pūrṇimā begins 17:21:49
14:3915:0315:2715:5116:1516:3917:0317:2717:51
6 of 145 minutes covered, the last 6
Ruling · Holī · 2005
Boundaryin Recife, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 25 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 24 March
Qualifies with 6 of 145 minutes. Not taken.
6 of 145 minutes covered, the last 6
Late afternoon of Friday 25 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:22 on Thu 24 Mar to 17:59 on Fri 25 Mar.
2005-03-24T20:21:50Z → 2005-03-25T20:58:32Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:03–17:28 on the 24th, 15:03–17:27 on the 25th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 6 of 145 minutes on the 24th and 145 of 145 on the 25th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 362 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 25 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Recife, 2005: Saturday 26 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Recife, Holī 2005 falls on Saturday 26 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:22 on Thu 24 Mar to 17:59 on Fri 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 25th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 6 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 26 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 24th | Covered | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:22 → 12:59 | 15:40 | 147 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 14:22 → 14:59 | 15:39 | 148 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 15:22 → 15:59 | 15:45 | 148 min | 15:45 | 13 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:22 → 16:59 | 15:51 | 115 min | 15:51 | 68 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 20:22 → 20:59 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:52 | 150 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 22:22 → 22:59 | 15:38 | 0 min | 15:37 | 144 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:22 → 00:59 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 147 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:52 → 02:29 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:52 → 02:29 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 26 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:22 → 04:59 | 16:49 | 0 min | 16:49 | 145 min | 26 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:22 → 07:59 | 16:37 | 0 min | 16:36 | 144 min | 26 Mar |
| Suva | 08:22 → 08:59 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:49 | 144 min | 26 Mar |