Ruling · Holī · 2004

Sunday 7 March

Determinatein Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 6 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 464 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Friday 5 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:30
14:4715:1115:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:59

0 of 139 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 6 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

15:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:31
14:4815:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:00

139 of 139 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 02:06 on Sat 6 Mar to 01:14 on Sun 7 Mar.

    2004-03-06T00:05:43Z → 2004-03-06T23:14:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:11–17:30 on the 5th, 15:12–17:31 on the 6th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 5th and 139 of 139 on the 6th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 27819 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 6 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Aleppo, 2004: Sunday 7 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Aleppo, Holī 2004 falls on Sunday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:06 on Sat 6 Mar to 01:14 on Sun 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th.

ahargana.org/aleppo/festivals/2004/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Aleppo.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:06 → 15:1415:340 min15:340 min6 Mar
Chicago18:06 → 17:1415:29105 min15:300 min7 Mar
Jersey City19:06 → 18:1415:35138 min15:360 min7 Mar
Port of Spain20:06 → 19:1415:53144 min15:530 min7 Mar
London00:06 → 23:1415:35135 min15:360 min7 Mar
Durban02:06 → 01:1415:53150 min15:520 min7 Mar
Dubai04:06 → 03:1416:02141 min16:020 min7 Mar
Delhi05:36 → 04:4416:03141 min16:040 min7 Mar
Kolkata05:36 → 04:4415:20142 min15:210 min7 Mar
Singapore08:06 → 07:1416:53145 min16:530 min7 Mar
Sydney11:06 → 10:1416:53152 min16:530 min7 Mar
Suva12:06 → 11:1416:00148 min15:590 min7 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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