Ruling · Holī · 2093

Friday 13 March

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 12 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 330 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 Thursday 12 March

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

15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:01
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26

143 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 13 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:01
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26

0 of 144 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 10:05 on Thu 12 Mar to 10:08 on Fri 13 Mar.

    2093-03-12T04:05:06Z → 2093-03-13T04:08:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:38–18:01 on the 12th, 15:38–18:01 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 144 on the 13th.

    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 19777 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 12 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Chattogram, 2093: Friday 13 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Holī 2093 falls on Friday 13 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 12 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:05 on Thu 12 Mar to 10:08 on Fri 13 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 12th.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2093/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 12thCoveredSāyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:05 → 21:0816:37142 min16:370 min13 Mar
Chicago23:05 → 23:0816:33142 min16:340 min13 Mar
Jersey City00:05 → 00:0816:39142 min16:390 min13 Mar
Port of Spain00:05 → 00:0815:52144 min15:520 min13 Mar
London04:05 → 04:0815:41140 min15:420 min13 Mar
Durban06:05 → 06:0815:48148 min15:470 min13 Mar
Dubai08:05 → 08:0816:03143 min16:040 min13 Mar
Delhi09:35 → 09:3816:05143 min16:060 min13 Mar
Kolkata09:35 → 09:3815:22143 min15:220 min13 Mar
Singapore12:05 → 12:0816:52145 min16:520 min13 Mar
Sydney15:05 → 15:0816:48149 min16:470 min13 Mar
Suva16:05 → 16:0815:56138 min15:5612 min13 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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