Ruling · Holī · 2053

Wednesday 5 March

Boundaryin Conakry, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 4 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 Monday 3 March

Qualifies with 11 of 143 minutes. Not taken.

16:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:05
Pūrṇimā begins 18:54:41
16:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

11 of 143 minutes covered, the last 11

Late afternoon of Tuesday 4 March

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

16:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:05
Pūrṇimā ends 17:09:48
16:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

28 of 144 minutes covered, the first 28

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:55 on Mon 3 Mar to 17:10 on Tue 4 Mar.

    2053-03-03T18:54:42Z → 2053-03-04T17:09:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:42–19:05 on the 3rd, 16:42–19:05 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 11 of 143 minutes on the 3rd and 28 of 144 on the 4th.

    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 638 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 4 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Conakry, 2053: Wednesday 5 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Conakry, Holī 2053 falls on Wednesday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:55 on Mon 3 Mar to 17:10 on Tue 4 Mar and covers 28 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna on the 4th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 11 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/conakry/festivals/2053/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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 3rdCoveredSāyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:55 → 09:1015:33139 min15:330 min4 Mar
Chicago12:55 → 11:1015:27136 min15:280 min4 Mar
Jersey City13:55 → 12:1015:33137 min15:340 min4 Mar
Port of Spain14:55 → 13:1015:53143 min15:530 min4 Mar
London18:55 → 17:1015:320 min15:3397 min5 Mar
Durban20:55 → 19:1015:550 min15:54151 min5 Mar
Dubai22:55 → 21:1016:010 min16:02141 min5 Mar
Delhi00:25 → 22:4016:030 min16:03140 min5 Mar
Kolkata00:25 → 22:4015:200 min15:20141 min5 Mar
Singapore02:55 → 01:1016:540 min16:54145 min5 Mar
Sydney05:55 → 04:1016:560 min16:55152 min5 Mar
Suva06:55 → 05:1016:010 min16:01149 min5 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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