Ruling · Holī · 2094

Tuesday 2 March

Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 1 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 Monday 1 March

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

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

137 of 137 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 2 March

Qualifies with 32 of 137 minutes. Not taken.

16:04 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
Pūrṇimā ends 16:36:35
15:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:52

32 of 137 minutes covered, the first 32

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 14:20 on Mon 1 Mar to 16:37 on Tue 2 Mar.

    2094-03-01T05:19:44Z → 2094-03-02T07:36:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:04–18:21 on the 1st, 16:04–18:22 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 137 of 137 minutes on the 1st and 32 of 137 on the 2nd.

    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 1945 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 1 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daegu, 2094: Tuesday 2 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daegu, Holī 2094 falls on Tuesday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:20 on Mon 1 Mar to 16:37 on Tue 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 32 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/2094/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 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 1stCoveredSāyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:20 → 23:3715:32138 min15:330 min2 Mar
Chicago23:20 → 01:3715:26135 min15:270 min2 Mar
Jersey City00:20 → 02:3715:32136 min15:330 min2 Mar
Port of Spain01:20 → 03:3715:53143 min15:530 min2 Mar
London05:20 → 07:3715:30131 min15:310 min2 Mar
Durban07:20 → 09:3715:56152 min15:560 min2 Mar
Dubai09:20 → 11:3716:01140 min16:010 min2 Mar
Delhi10:50 → 13:0716:02139 min16:020 min2 Mar
Kolkata10:50 → 13:0715:20140 min15:200 min2 Mar
Singapore13:20 → 15:3716:55145 min16:540 min2 Mar
Sydney16:20 → 18:3716:58154 min16:57100 min2 Mar
Suva17:20 → 19:3716:0372 min16:02149 min3 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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