Ruling · Holī · 1960

Monday 14 March

Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 13 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 Saturday 12 March

Qualifies with 36 of 142 minutes. Not taken.

15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
Pūrṇimā begins 17:23:55
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26

36 of 142 minutes covered, the last 36

Late afternoon of Sunday 13 March

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

15:39 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:01
Pūrṇimā ends 16:55:48
15:1515:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:27

77 of 142 minutes covered, the first 77

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 17:24 on Sat 12 Mar to 16:56 on Sun 13 Mar.

    1960-03-12T08:53:56Z → 1960-03-13T08:25:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:38–18:00 on the 12th, 15:39–18:01 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 36 of 142 minutes on the 12th and 77 of 142 on the 13th.

    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 2158 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 13 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 1960: Monday 14 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 1960 falls on Monday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:24 on Sat 12 Mar to 16:56 on Sun 13 Mar and covers 77 of 142 minutes of sāyāhna on the 13th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 36 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 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 12thCoveredSāyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:54 → 00:2615:36142 min15:370 min13 Mar
Chicago02:54 → 02:2615:32141 min15:330 min13 Mar
Jersey City03:54 → 03:2615:38141 min15:390 min13 Mar
Port of Spain04:54 → 04:2615:52144 min15:520 min13 Mar
London08:54 → 08:2615:40140 min15:410 min13 Mar
Durban10:54 → 10:2615:48148 min15:470 min13 Mar
Dubai12:54 → 12:2616:03143 min16:030 min13 Mar
Delhi14:24 → 13:5616:05143 min16:050 min13 Mar
Kolkata14:24 → 13:5615:21143 min15:210 min13 Mar
Singapore16:24 → 15:5616:22143 min16:220 min13 Mar
Sydney18:54 → 18:2615:480 min15:48149 min14 Mar
Suva20:54 → 20:2615:570 min15:56147 min14 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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