Ruling · Holī · 2074

Wednesday 14 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 13 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 29 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 Monday 12 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:08 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56

0 of 142 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 13 March

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

16:09 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:31
Pūrṇimā ends 18:02:08
15:4516:0916:3316:5717:2117:4518:0918:3318:57

113 of 142 minutes covered, the first 113

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 20:43 on Mon 12 Mar to 18:02 on Tue 13 Mar.

    2074-03-12T11:43:01Z → 2074-03-13T09:02:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:08–18:30 on the 12th, 16:09–18:31 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 0 of 142 minutes on the 12th and 113 of 142 on the 13th.

    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 1738 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 2074: Wednesday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 2074 falls on Wednesday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:43 on Mon 12 Mar to 18:02 on Tue 13 Mar and covers 113 of 142 minutes of sāyāhna on the 13th.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2074/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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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 12thCoveredSāyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:43 → 02:0216:36142 min16:370 min13 Mar
Chicago06:43 → 04:0216:33141 min16:330 min13 Mar
Jersey City07:43 → 05:0216:39142 min16:390 min13 Mar
Port of Spain07:43 → 05:0215:52144 min15:520 min13 Mar
London11:43 → 09:0215:40140 min15:410 min13 Mar
Durban13:43 → 11:0215:48148 min15:470 min13 Mar
Dubai15:43 → 13:0216:03143 min16:030 min13 Mar
Delhi17:13 → 14:3216:0575 min16:050 min13 Mar
Kolkata17:13 → 14:3215:2132 min15:210 min13 Mar
Singapore19:43 → 17:0216:520 min16:5210 min14 Mar
Sydney22:43 → 20:0216:480 min16:47149 min14 Mar
Suva23:43 → 21:0215:570 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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