Ruling · Holī · 2090

Thursday 16 March

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 15 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 227 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 Wednesday 15 March

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

16:10 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
15:4616:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:58

143 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 16 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:10 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:4616:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:58

0 of 144 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 12:22 on Wed 15 Mar to 08:44 on Thu 16 Mar.

    2090-03-15T03:22:23Z → 2090-03-15T23:43:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:10–18:33 on the 15th, 16:10–18:34 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 144 on the 16th.

    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 13647 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 15 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 2090: Thursday 16 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 2090 falls on Thursday 16 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 15 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:22 on Wed 15 Mar to 08:44 on Thu 16 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 15th.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2090/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 15thCoveredSāyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:22 → 16:4416:386 min16:380 min16 Mar
Chicago22:22 → 18:4416:35129 min16:350 min16 Mar
Jersey City23:22 → 19:4416:40143 min16:410 min16 Mar
Port of Spain23:22 → 19:4415:52145 min15:520 min16 Mar
London03:22 → 23:4415:43142 min15:440 min16 Mar
Durban05:22 → 01:4415:45147 min15:450 min16 Mar
Dubai07:22 → 03:4416:04144 min16:040 min16 Mar
Delhi08:52 → 05:1416:06144 min16:060 min16 Mar
Kolkata08:52 → 05:1415:22144 min15:220 min16 Mar
Singapore11:22 → 07:4416:51145 min16:510 min16 Mar
Sydney14:22 → 10:4416:45148 min16:450 min16 Mar
Suva15:22 → 11:4415:55146 min15:540 min16 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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