Late afternoon of Tuesday 25 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:40 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:06
15:1615:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:28
0 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2070
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 26 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 97 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 25 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 26 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Tue 25 Mar to 20:32 on Wed 26 Mar.
2070-03-25T16:42:56Z → 2070-03-26T17:31:38Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:40–18:06 on the 25th, 15:40–18:07 on the 26th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 25th and 147 of 147 on the 26th.
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 5793 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 26 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Riyadh, 2070: Thursday 27 March.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Holī 2070 falls on Thursday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Tue 25 Mar to 20:32 on Wed 26 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 26th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 27 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 25th | Covered | Sāyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:43 → 10:32 | 16:41 | 148 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 11:43 → 12:32 | 16:40 | 149 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 12:43 → 13:32 | 16:45 | 149 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:43 → 13:32 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| London | 16:43 → 17:32 | 15:52 | 99 min | 15:53 | 99 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 18:43 → 19:32 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:36 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:43 → 21:32 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:13 → 23:02 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:13 → 23:02 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 27 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:43 → 01:32 | 16:49 | 0 min | 16:48 | 145 min | 27 Mar |
| Sydney | 03:43 → 04:32 | 16:36 | 0 min | 16:35 | 143 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 04:43 → 05:32 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 27 Mar |