Ruling · Holī · 1980

Sunday 2 March

Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 1 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 495 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 Friday 29 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

0 of 135 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 1 March

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

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:18
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

135 of 135 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 02:32 on Sat 1 Mar to 05:00 on Sun 2 Mar.

    1980-02-29T18:31:47Z → 1980-03-01T20:59:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:17 on the 29th, 16:03–18:18 on the 1st.

    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 135 minutes on the 29th and 135 of 135 on the 1st.

    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 29691 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Datong, 1980: Sunday 2 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Datong, Holī 1980 falls on Sunday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:32 on Sat 1 Mar to 05:00 on Sun 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st.

ahargana.org/datong/festivals/1980/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 2 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 2 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 2 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Datong.

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 29thCoveredSāyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:32 → 13:0015:31137 min15:320 min1 Mar
Chicago12:32 → 15:0015:25135 min15:260 min1 Mar
Jersey City13:32 → 16:0015:32135 min15:3228 min1 Mar
Port of Spain14:32 → 17:0015:53143 min15:5367 min1 Mar
London18:32 → 21:0015:290 min15:30131 min2 Mar
Durban20:32 → 23:0015:570 min15:56152 min2 Mar
Dubai22:32 → 01:0016:010 min16:01140 min2 Mar
Delhi00:02 → 02:3016:020 min16:02139 min2 Mar
Kolkata00:02 → 02:3015:190 min15:20140 min2 Mar
Singapore02:02 → 04:3016:250 min16:24145 min2 Mar
Sydney05:32 → 07:0016:590 min16:58154 min2 Mar
Suva06:32 → 09:0016:030 min16:03149 min2 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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