Sunday 21 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 18:22 on Sun 21 Mar to 16:14 on Mon 22 Mar.

   2027-03-21T12:52:01Z → 2027-03-22T10:43:48Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:13–18:38 on the 21st, 16:13–18:38 on the 22nd.

   sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 16 of 145 minutes on the 21st and 1 of 146 on the 22nd.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

4. 04

   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 69 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Holikā Dahana, Ujjain, 2027: Sunday 21 March.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Holikā Dahana 2027 falls on Sunday 21 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:22 on Sun 21 Mar to 16:14 on Mon 22 Mar and covers 16 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 1 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 1 min 09 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested. Rashtriya Panchang recorded 22 March (Principal festivals, 2026-27).

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