Late afternoon of Friday 18 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:06 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:31
14:4215:0615:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:54
0 of 145 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2011
Boundaryin Recife, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 19 Mar. A threshold is only 4 min 43 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 18 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 145 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 19 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
5 of 145 minutes covered, the first 5
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:07 on Fri 18 Mar to 15:10 on Sat 19 Mar.
2011-03-18T22:06:54Z → 2011-03-19T18:10:03Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:06–17:31 on the 18th, 15:05–17:31 on the 19th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 145 minutes on the 18th and 5 of 145 on the 19th.
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 283 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 19 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Recife, 2011: Sunday 20 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Recife, Holī 2011 falls on Sunday 20 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:07 on Fri 18 Mar to 15:10 on Sat 19 Mar and covers 5 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna on the 19th. It is 4 min 43 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 20 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 20 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 20 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 18th | Covered | Sāyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:07 → 11:10 | 16:38 | 145 min | 16:39 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Chicago | 17:07 → 13:10 | 16:36 | 113 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Jersey City | 18:07 → 14:10 | 16:41 | 59 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:07 → 14:10 | 15:52 | 10 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| London | 22:07 → 18:10 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:46 | 144 min | 20 Mar |
| Durban | 00:07 → 20:10 | 15:43 | 0 min | 15:43 | 146 min | 20 Mar |
| Dubai | 02:07 → 22:10 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:37 → 23:40 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:37 → 23:40 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Singapore | 06:07 → 02:10 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Sydney | 09:07 → 05:10 | 16:43 | 0 min | 16:42 | 146 min | 20 Mar |
| Suva | 10:07 → 06:10 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 146 min | 20 Mar |