Ruling · Holī · 2078

Tuesday 29 March

Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 28 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 Sunday 27 March

Qualifies with 50 of 149 minutes. Not taken.

16:14 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:43
Pūrṇimā begins 17:52:50
15:5016:1416:3817:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:02

50 of 149 minutes covered, the last 50

Late afternoon of Monday 28 March

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

16:15 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:44
15:5116:1516:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:03

149 of 149 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 17:53 on Sun 27 Mar to 20:06 on Mon 28 Mar.

    2078-03-27T08:52:51Z → 2078-03-28T11:05:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:14–18:43 on the 27th, 16:15–18:44 on the 28th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 50 of 149 minutes on the 27th and 149 of 149 on the 28th.

    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 3016 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 28 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 2078: Tuesday 29 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 2078 falls on Tuesday 29 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:53 on Sun 27 Mar to 20:06 on Mon 28 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 50 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/2078/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 27thCoveredSāyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:53 → 04:0616:42149 min16:420 min28 Mar
Chicago03:53 → 06:0616:41150 min16:420 min28 Mar
Jersey City04:53 → 07:0616:47150 min16:470 min28 Mar
Port of Spain04:53 → 07:0615:51146 min15:510 min28 Mar
London09:53 → 12:0616:54152 min16:550 min28 Mar
Durban10:53 → 13:0615:35143 min15:340 min28 Mar
Dubai12:53 → 15:0616:06147 min16:060 min28 Mar
Delhi14:23 → 16:3616:09148 min16:0927 min28 Mar
Kolkata14:23 → 16:3615:23147 min15:2373 min28 Mar
Singapore16:53 → 19:0616:48141 min16:48138 min28 Mar
Sydney19:53 → 22:0616:340 min16:33142 min29 Mar
Suva20:53 → 23:0615:480 min15:47144 min29 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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