Ruling · Holī · 2085

Monday 12 March

Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 11 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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 Saturday 10 March

Qualifies with 79 of 143 minutes. Not taken.

15:37 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
Pūrṇimā begins 16:41:22
15:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:25

79 of 143 minutes covered, the last 79

Late afternoon of Sunday 11 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.

15:37 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:01
15:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:25

143 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 16:41 on Sat 10 Mar to 18:27 on Sun 11 Mar.

    2085-03-10T10:41:22Z → 2085-03-11T12:27:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:37–18:00 on the 10th, 15:37–18:01 on the 11th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 79 of 143 minutes on the 10th and 143 of 143 on the 11th.

    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 1589 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Chattogram, 2085: Monday 12 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Holī 2085 falls on Monday 12 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:41 on Sat 10 Mar to 18:27 on Sun 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 11th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 79 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2085/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 10thCoveredSāyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:41 → 05:2715:36142 min16:360 min11 Mar
Chicago04:41 → 07:2715:32140 min16:320 min11 Mar
Jersey City05:41 → 08:2715:38141 min16:380 min11 Mar
Port of Spain06:41 → 08:2715:53144 min15:520 min11 Mar
London10:41 → 12:2715:39139 min15:400 min11 Mar
Durban12:41 → 14:2715:49149 min15:480 min11 Mar
Dubai14:41 → 16:2716:03143 min16:0324 min11 Mar
Delhi16:11 → 17:5716:05135 min16:05112 min11 Mar
Kolkata16:11 → 17:5715:2193 min15:21143 min12 Mar
Singapore18:41 → 20:2716:5336 min16:52145 min12 Mar
Sydney21:41 → 23:2716:500 min16:49149 min12 Mar
Suva22:41 → 00:2715:580 min15:57147 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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