Ruling · Holī · 1932
Boundaryin Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 21 Mar. Pūrṇimā reaches sāyāhna on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 21 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Pūrṇimā reaches neither late afternoon; this is the day it falls on. Holī is the day after.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 22 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:09 on Mon 21 Mar to 15:43 on Tue 22 Mar.
1932-03-21T16:03:16Z → 1932-03-22T12:37:19Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:45–18:10 on the 21st, 15:45–18:11 on the 22nd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 146 on the 22nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither late afternoon qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 101 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 21 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Riyadh, 1932: Tuesday 22 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Riyadh, Holī 1932 falls on Tuesday 22 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 21 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:09 on Mon 21 Mar to 15:43 on Tue 22 Mar, and reaches sāyāhna on neither day. It is 1 min 41 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 22 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 23 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 22 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh. | ||
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 21st | Covered | Sāyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:03 → 04:37 | 15:39 | 146 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:03 → 06:37 | 15:37 | 146 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:03 → 07:37 | 15:43 | 146 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:03 → 08:37 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| London | 16:03 → 12:37 | 15:48 | 131 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Durban | 18:03 → 14:37 | 15:41 | 3 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:03 → 16:37 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 33 min | 23 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:33 → 18:07 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 120 min | 23 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:33 → 18:07 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 146 min | 23 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:03 → 19:37 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:50 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:03 → 22:37 | 15:40 | 0 min | 15:39 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Suva | 04:03 → 00:37 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:51 | 145 min | 23 Mar |