Late afternoon of Saturday 27 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:35 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:54
15:1115:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:23
0 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2010
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 28 Feb. Clear of every threshold by 103 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 27 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 28 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
139 of 139 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 23:21 on Sat 27 Feb to 19:38 on Sun 28 Feb.
2010-02-27T20:20:48Z → 2010-02-28T16:37:52Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:35–17:54 on the 27th, 15:35–17:55 on the 28th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 27th and 139 of 139 on the 28th.
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 6199 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 28 February is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Riyadh, 2010: Monday 1 March.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Holī 2010 falls on Monday 1 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 28 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:21 on Sat 27 Feb to 19:38 on Sun 28 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 1 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 1 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:21 → 08:38 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Chicago | 14:21 → 10:38 | 15:24 | 134 min | 15:25 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Jersey City | 15:21 → 11:38 | 15:31 | 134 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 16:21 → 12:38 | 15:53 | 115 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 28 Feb |
| London | 20:21 → 16:38 | 15:27 | 0 min | 15:28 | 69 min | 1 Mar |
| Durban | 22:21 → 18:38 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 153 min | 1 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:21 → 20:38 | 16:00 | 0 min | 16:01 | 139 min | 1 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:51 → 22:08 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 138 min | 1 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:51 → 22:08 | 15:19 | 0 min | 15:19 | 140 min | 1 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:21 → 00:38 | 16:55 | 0 min | 16:55 | 145 min | 1 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:21 → 03:38 | 17:00 | 0 min | 16:59 | 154 min | 1 Mar |
| Suva | 09:21 → 05:38 | 17:04 | 0 min | 17:03 | 150 min | 1 Mar |