Late afternoon of Tuesday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:03
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26
0 of 144 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1992
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 18 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 195 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 18 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:21 on Wed 18 Mar to 21:18 on Wed 18 Mar.
1992-03-17T21:20:46Z → 1992-03-18T18:17:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:38–18:03 on the 17th, 15:38–18:03 on the 18th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 144 minutes on the 17th and 145 of 145 on the 18th.
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 11672 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 18 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Riyadh, 1992: Thursday 19 March.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Holī 1992 falls on Thursday 19 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:21 on Wed 18 Mar to 21:18 on Wed 18 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 18th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 19 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 19 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 19 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 17th | Covered | Sāyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:21 → 10:18 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:21 → 12:18 | 15:35 | 144 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:21 → 13:18 | 15:41 | 105 min | 15:42 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:21 → 14:18 | 15:52 | 56 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| London | 21:21 → 18:18 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:46 | 144 min | 19 Mar |
| Durban | 23:21 → 20:18 | 15:44 | 0 min | 15:43 | 146 min | 19 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:21 → 22:18 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 145 min | 19 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:51 → 23:48 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 145 min | 19 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:51 → 23:48 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 145 min | 19 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:21 → 02:18 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 145 min | 19 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:21 → 04:18 | 15:44 | 0 min | 15:43 | 146 min | 19 Mar |
| Suva | 09:21 → 06:18 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:53 | 146 min | 19 Mar |