Ruling · Holī · 2058

Monday 11 March

Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 10 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 9 March

Qualifies with 93 of 140 minutes. Not taken.

16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
Pūrṇimā begins 16:54:28
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55

93 of 140 minutes covered, the last 93

Late afternoon of Sunday 10 March

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

16:07 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
Pūrṇimā ends 17:53:00
15:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:55

106 of 141 minutes covered, the first 106

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:54 on Sat 9 Mar to 17:53 on Sun 10 Mar.

    2058-03-09T07:54:29Z → 2058-03-10T08:53:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:07–18:27 on the 9th, 16:07–18:28 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 93 of 140 minutes on the 9th and 106 of 141 on the 10th.

    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 2117 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 10 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 2058: Monday 11 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 2058 falls on Monday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:54 on Sat 9 Mar to 17:53 on Sun 10 Mar and covers 106 of 141 minutes of sāyāhna on the 10th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 93 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2058/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 11 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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 9thCoveredSāyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:54 → 00:5315:35141 min16:350 min10 Mar
Chicago01:54 → 03:5315:31140 min16:310 min10 Mar
Jersey City02:54 → 04:5315:37140 min16:370 min10 Mar
Port of Spain03:54 → 04:5315:53144 min15:520 min10 Mar
London07:54 → 08:5315:37137 min15:380 min10 Mar
Durban09:54 → 10:5315:50149 min15:490 min10 Mar
Dubai11:54 → 12:5316:03142 min16:030 min10 Mar
Delhi13:24 → 14:2316:04142 min16:040 min10 Mar
Kolkata13:24 → 14:2315:21142 min15:210 min10 Mar
Singapore15:54 → 16:5316:53145 min16:530 min10 Mar
Sydney18:54 → 19:5316:5127 min16:50150 min11 Mar
Suva19:54 → 20:5315:580 min15:58147 min11 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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