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Ruling · 2030 · Doha

Holī

Wednesday 20 March2030 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 192 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 19 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 192 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two late afternoons सायाह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Monday 18 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:19 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:44
14:5515:1915:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:07

0 of 145 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 19 March

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

15:19 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:44
14:5515:1915:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:07

145 of 145 minutes covered

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

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 23:33 on Mon 18 Mar to 20:57 on Tue 19 Mar.

    2030-03-18T20:33:08Z → 2030-03-19T17:56:31Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:19–17:44 on the 18th, 15:19–17:44 on the 19th.

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

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 145 minutes on the 18th and 145 of 145 on the 19th.

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

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

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 11531 s
  5. Step 5, Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 19 March is the day taken above.

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

    Holī, Doha, 2030: Wednesday 20 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Holī 2030 falls on Wednesday 20 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:33 on Mon 18 Mar to 20:57 on Tue 19 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 19th.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2030/holipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

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

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 18thCoveredSāyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:33 → 10:5716:38145 min16:390 min19 Mar
Chicago15:33 → 12:5716:36145 min16:360 min19 Mar
Jersey City16:33 → 13:5716:42145 min16:420 min19 Mar
Port of Spain16:33 → 13:5715:52104 min15:520 min19 Mar
London20:33 → 17:5715:460 min15:46130 min20 Mar
Durban22:33 → 19:5715:430 min15:42146 min20 Mar
Dubai00:33 → 21:5716:040 min16:04145 min20 Mar
Delhi02:03 → 23:2716:060 min16:07145 min20 Mar
Kolkata02:03 → 23:2715:220 min15:22145 min20 Mar
Singapore04:33 → 01:5716:510 min16:50145 min20 Mar
Sydney07:33 → 04:5716:430 min16:42146 min20 Mar
Suva08:33 → 05:5715:530 min15:52146 min20 Mar
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s