Ruling · Holī · 1908

Wednesday 18 March

Determinatein Conakry, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 17 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 355 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 Monday 16 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:24 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:49
16:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:12

0 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 17 March

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

16:24 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:48
16:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:12

145 of 145 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 00:43 on Tue 17 Mar to 02:11 on Wed 18 Mar.

    1908-03-17T01:00:19Z → 1908-03-18T02:28:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:24–18:49 on the 16th, 16:24–18:48 on the 17th.

    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 145 minutes on the 16th and 145 of 145 on the 17th.

    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 21289 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 17 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Conakry, 1908: Wednesday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Conakry, Holī 1908 falls on Wednesday 18 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 17 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:43 on Tue 17 Mar to 02:11 on Wed 18 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 17th.

ahargana.org/conakry/festivals/1908/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Conakry.

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 17thCoveredSāyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:00 → 18:2815:38144 min15:380 min18 Mar
Chicago19:00 → 20:2815:35144 min15:360 min18 Mar
Jersey City20:00 → 21:2815:41144 min15:410 min18 Mar
Port of Spain21:00 → 22:2815:52145 min15:520 min18 Mar
London01:00 → 02:2815:44143 min15:450 min18 Mar
Durban03:00 → 04:2815:44147 min15:430 min18 Mar
Dubai04:41 → 06:0915:45144 min15:450 min18 Mar
Delhi06:30 → 07:5816:06144 min16:060 min18 Mar
Kolkata06:30 → 07:5815:22144 min15:220 min18 Mar
Singapore08:00 → 09:2815:51145 min15:510 min18 Mar
Sydney11:00 → 12:2815:44147 min15:430 min18 Mar
Suva12:55 → 14:2315:49146 min15:480 min18 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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