Ruling · Holī · 2027

Monday 22 March

Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 21 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 525 minutes.

Decide it for

41°51′ N 87°39′ W · America/Chicago · GeoNames 4887398

The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Sunday 21 March

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

16:37 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:04
16:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:25

146 of 146 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 22 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:05
16:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:26

0 of 147 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 07:52 on Sun 21 Mar to 05:44 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: 16:37–19:04 on the 21st, 16:38–19:05 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 146 of 146 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 147 on the 22nd.

    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 31520 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 21 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Chicago, 2027: Monday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chicago, Holī 2027 falls on Monday 22 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 21 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:52 on Sun 21 Mar to 05:44 on Mon 22 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 21st.

ahargana.org/chicago/festivals/2027/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago.

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 21stCoveredSāyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:52 → 03:4416:39146 min16:400 min22 Mar
Chicago07:52 → 05:4416:37146 min16:380 min22 Mar
Jersey City08:52 → 06:4416:43146 min16:430 min22 Mar
Port of Spain08:52 → 06:4415:51145 min15:510 min22 Mar
London12:52 → 10:4415:48146 min15:490 min22 Mar
Durban14:52 → 12:4415:41145 min15:400 min22 Mar
Dubai16:52 → 14:4416:0498 min16:050 min22 Mar
Delhi18:22 → 16:1416:0710 min16:077 min22 Mar
Kolkata18:22 → 16:1415:220 min15:2252 min23 Mar
Singapore20:52 → 18:4416:500 min16:49114 min23 Mar
Sydney23:52 → 21:4416:400 min16:39145 min23 Mar
Suva00:52 → 22:4415:510 min15:51145 min23 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