Ruling · Holī · 1951

Saturday 24 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 23 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 71 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 22 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:38
15:4816:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:00

0 of 146 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 23 March

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

16:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:39
15:4816:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:00

146 of 146 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 21:07 on Thu 22 Mar to 19:50 on Fri 23 Mar.

    1951-03-22T12:06:44Z → 1951-03-23T10:49:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:12–18:38 on the 22nd, 16:12–18:39 on the 23rd.

    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 146 minutes on the 22nd and 146 of 146 on the 23rd.

    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 4272 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 23 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 1951: Saturday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 1951 falls on Saturday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:07 on Thu 22 Mar to 19:50 on Fri 23 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 23rd.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1951/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 22ndCoveredSāyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:07 → 02:5015:39146 min15:400 min23 Mar
Chicago06:07 → 04:5015:38146 min15:380 min23 Mar
Jersey City07:07 → 05:5015:43146 min15:440 min23 Mar
Port of Spain08:07 → 06:5015:51145 min15:510 min23 Mar
London12:07 → 10:5015:48147 min15:490 min23 Mar
Durban14:07 → 12:5015:40145 min15:400 min23 Mar
Dubai16:07 → 14:5016:05143 min16:050 min23 Mar
Delhi17:37 → 16:2016:0756 min16:0713 min23 Mar
Kolkata17:37 → 16:2015:2211 min15:2257 min24 Mar
Singapore19:37 → 18:2016:200 min16:19120 min24 Mar
Sydney22:07 → 20:5015:400 min15:39145 min24 Mar
Suva00:07 → 22:5015:510 min15:51145 min24 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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