Late afternoon of Monday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:57
15:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:24
0 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2080
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 513 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 5 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:06 on Tue 5 Mar to 02:31 on Wed 6 Mar.
2080-03-05T02:06:25Z → 2080-03-05T23:30:52Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:57 on the 4th, 15:37–17:58 on the 5th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 141 minutes on the 4th and 141 of 141 on the 5th.
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 30787 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 5 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Riyadh, 2080: Wednesday 6 March.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Holī 2080 falls on Wednesday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:06 on Tue 5 Mar to 02:31 on Wed 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 6 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 6 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 6 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 5th | Covered | Sāyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:06 → 15:31 | 15:34 | 0 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 20:06 → 17:31 | 15:29 | 122 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Jersey City | 21:06 → 18:31 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 22:06 → 19:31 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| London | 02:06 → 23:31 | 15:34 | 135 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Durban | 04:06 → 01:31 | 15:53 | 151 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Dubai | 06:06 → 03:31 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Delhi | 07:36 → 05:01 | 16:03 | 140 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Kolkata | 07:36 → 05:01 | 15:21 | 142 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Singapore | 10:06 → 07:31 | 16:54 | 145 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Sydney | 13:06 → 10:31 | 16:54 | 152 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 14:06 → 11:31 | 16:00 | 148 min | 16:00 | 0 min | 6 Mar |