Ruling · Holī · 2076

Saturday 21 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 20 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 356 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 19 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:37
15:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:59

0 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 20 March

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

16:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:38
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 00:32 on Fri 20 Mar to 01:38 on Sat 21 Mar.

    2076-03-19T15:32:27Z → 2076-03-20T16:38:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:11–18:37 on the 19th, 16:12–18:38 on the 20th.

    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 145 minutes on the 19th and 146 of 146 on the 20th.

    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 21342 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 20 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 2076: Saturday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 2076 falls on Saturday 21 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 20 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:32 on Fri 20 Mar to 01:38 on Sat 21 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 20th.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2076/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 21 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 19thCoveredSāyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:32 → 09:3816:39146 min16:390 min20 Mar
Chicago10:32 → 11:3816:37146 min16:380 min20 Mar
Jersey City11:32 → 12:3816:43146 min16:430 min20 Mar
Port of Spain11:32 → 12:3815:52145 min15:510 min20 Mar
London15:32 → 16:3815:47146 min15:4850 min20 Mar
Durban17:32 → 18:3815:4235 min15:41145 min21 Mar
Dubai19:32 → 20:3816:040 min16:05146 min21 Mar
Delhi21:02 → 22:0816:070 min16:07146 min21 Mar
Kolkata21:02 → 22:0815:220 min15:22145 min21 Mar
Singapore23:32 → 00:3816:500 min16:50145 min21 Mar
Sydney02:32 → 03:3816:410 min16:40145 min21 Mar
Suva03:32 → 04:3815:520 min15:52145 min21 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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