Ruling · Holī · 2023
Boundaryin Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 6 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 6 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 7 March
Qualifies with 4 of 141 minutes. Not taken.
4 of 141 minutes covered, the first 4
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 13:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 15:40 on Tue 7 Mar.
2023-03-06T10:47:49Z → 2023-03-07T12:40:22Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:57 on the 6th, 15:37–17:58 on the 7th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 141 of 141 minutes on the 6th and 4 of 141 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 231 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 6 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Riyadh, 2023: Tuesday 7 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Riyadh, Holī 2023 falls on Tuesday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 15:40 on Tue 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 4 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 3 min 51 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 7 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 7 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 7 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 6th | Covered | Sāyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:48 → 04:40 | 15:34 | 139 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:48 → 06:40 | 15:29 | 138 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:48 → 07:40 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:48 → 08:40 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| London | 10:48 → 12:40 | 15:34 | 135 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 12:48 → 14:40 | 15:53 | 151 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:48 → 16:40 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 38 min | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:18 → 18:10 | 16:03 | 126 min | 16:03 | 127 min | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:18 → 18:10 | 15:20 | 84 min | 15:20 | 142 min | 8 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:48 → 20:40 | 16:53 | 31 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 8 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:48 → 23:40 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:53 | 151 min | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 22:48 → 00:40 | 16:00 | 0 min | 16:00 | 148 min | 8 Mar |