Holī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 17:45 on Sat 26 Mar to 14:10 on Sun 27 Mar.

   1994-03-26T14:45:22Z → 1994-03-27T11:09:32Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:20–17:47 on the 26th, 15:20–17:48 on the 27th.

   sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
3. ३Step 3, Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 2 of 147 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 147 on the 27th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
4. ४Step 4, Tie-break

   Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

   one day qualifies → only-day · margin 118 s < 300 s
5. ५Step 5, Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 26 March is the day taken above.

   follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
6. ६Step 6, Ruling

   Holī, Doha, 1994: Sunday 27 March.

   confidence: boundary (margin)

In Doha, Holī 1994 falls on Sunday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:45 on Sat 26 Mar to 14:10 on Sun 27 Mar and covers 2 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 26th. It is 1 min 58 s from a threshold. The rule does not settle this date cleanly.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

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.