Ruling · Holī · 2056

Thursday 2 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 1 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 216 minutes.

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The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Wednesday 1 March

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

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

137 of 137 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 2 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

0 of 137 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 12:28 on Wed 1 Mar to 09:41 on Thu 2 Mar.

    2056-03-01T03:27:47Z → 2056-03-02T00:40:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:21 on the 1st, 16:04–18:22 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 137 of 137 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 137 on the 2nd.

    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 12952 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 1 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 2056: Thursday 2 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 2056 falls on Thursday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:28 on Wed 1 Mar to 09:41 on Thu 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2056/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 Mar
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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 1stCoveredSāyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:28 → 16:4115:3268 min15:330 min2 Mar
Chicago21:28 → 18:4115:26135 min15:270 min2 Mar
Jersey City22:28 → 19:4115:32136 min15:330 min2 Mar
Port of Spain23:28 → 20:4115:53143 min15:530 min2 Mar
London03:28 → 00:4115:30131 min15:310 min2 Mar
Durban05:28 → 02:4115:56152 min15:550 min2 Mar
Dubai07:28 → 04:4116:01140 min16:010 min2 Mar
Delhi08:58 → 06:1116:02139 min16:020 min2 Mar
Kolkata08:58 → 06:1115:20140 min15:200 min2 Mar
Singapore11:28 → 08:4116:54145 min16:540 min2 Mar
Sydney14:28 → 11:4116:57153 min16:570 min2 Mar
Suva15:28 → 12:4116:02149 min16:020 min2 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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