Ruling · Holī · 2047

Tuesday 12 March

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 11 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 280 minutes.

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The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Monday 11 March

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

15:37 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
15:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:25

143 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 12 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:37 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
15:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:25

0 of 143 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 10:58 on Mon 11 Mar to 07:37 on Tue 12 Mar.

    2047-03-11T04:57:30Z → 2047-03-12T01:37:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:37–18:00 on the 11th, 15:37–18:00 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 143 on the 12th.

    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 16783 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 11 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Chattogram, 2047: Tuesday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Holī 2047 falls on Tuesday 12 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:58 on Mon 11 Mar to 07:37 on Tue 12 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 11th.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2047/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 Mar
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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 11thCoveredSāyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:58 → 18:3716:36121 min16:360 min12 Mar
Chicago23:58 → 20:3716:32141 min16:320 min12 Mar
Jersey City00:58 → 21:3716:38141 min16:380 min12 Mar
Port of Spain00:58 → 21:3715:52144 min15:520 min12 Mar
London04:58 → 01:3715:39139 min15:400 min12 Mar
Durban06:58 → 03:3715:49149 min15:480 min12 Mar
Dubai08:58 → 05:3716:03143 min16:030 min12 Mar
Delhi10:28 → 07:0716:05142 min16:050 min12 Mar
Kolkata10:28 → 07:0715:21143 min15:210 min12 Mar
Singapore12:58 → 09:3716:52145 min16:520 min12 Mar
Sydney15:58 → 12:3716:49150 min16:480 min12 Mar
Suva16:58 → 13:3715:5787 min15:570 min12 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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