Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:41 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
15:1715:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:29
139 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1934
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 28 Feb. Clear of every threshold by 130 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 28 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
139 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 1 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 140 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 12:12 on Wed 28 Feb to 13:32 on Thu 1 Mar.
1934-02-28T09:06:04Z → 1934-03-01T10:25:35Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:41–18:00 on the 28th, 15:41–18:01 on the 1st.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 139 of 139 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 140 on the 1st.
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 7783 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 28 February is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Riyadh, 1934: Thursday 1 March.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Holī 1934 falls on Thursday 1 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 28 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:12 on Wed 28 Feb to 13:32 on Thu 1 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 1 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 1 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 1 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 28th | Covered | Sāyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:06 → 02:26 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Chicago | 03:06 → 04:26 | 15:25 | 134 min | 15:25 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Jersey City | 04:06 → 05:26 | 15:31 | 134 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 05:06 → 06:26 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| London | 09:06 → 10:26 | 15:28 | 130 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Durban | 11:06 → 12:26 | 15:58 | 153 min | 15:57 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Dubai | 13:06 → 14:26 | 16:01 | 139 min | 16:01 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Delhi | 14:36 → 15:56 | 16:01 | 138 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 1 Mar |
| Kolkata | 14:36 → 15:56 | 15:19 | 140 min | 15:19 | 36 min | 1 Mar |
| Singapore | 16:26 → 17:46 | 16:15 | 134 min | 16:15 | 91 min | 1 Mar |
| Sydney | 19:06 → 20:26 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 154 min | 2 Mar |
| Suva | 21:06 → 22:26 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:03 | 149 min | 2 Mar |