Late afternoon of Friday 15 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:02
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26
144 of 144 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1957
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 15 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 401 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 15 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
144 of 144 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 08:57 on Fri 15 Mar to 05:22 on Sat 16 Mar.
1957-03-15T05:57:17Z → 1957-03-16T02:21:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:38–18:02 on the 15th, 15:38–18:02 on the 16th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 144 of 144 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 144 on the 16th.
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 24042 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 15 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Riyadh, 1957: Saturday 16 March.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Holī 1957 falls on Saturday 16 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 15 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:57 on Fri 15 Mar to 05:22 on Sat 16 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 15th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 16 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 16 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 16 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 15th | Covered | Sāyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:57 → 18:22 | 15:37 | 143 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Chicago | 23:57 → 20:22 | 15:34 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Jersey City | 00:57 → 21:22 | 15:40 | 143 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 01:57 → 22:22 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| London | 05:57 → 02:22 | 15:43 | 142 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Durban | 07:57 → 04:22 | 15:46 | 147 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Dubai | 09:57 → 06:22 | 16:04 | 144 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:27 → 07:52 | 16:06 | 143 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:27 → 07:52 | 15:22 | 144 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Singapore | 13:27 → 09:52 | 16:21 | 145 min | 16:21 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Sydney | 15:57 → 12:22 | 15:46 | 137 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 16 Mar |
| Suva | 17:57 → 14:22 | 15:55 | 24 min | 15:55 | 0 min | 16 Mar |