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Ruling · 2034 · Doha

Holī

Sunday 5 March2034 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 607 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 4 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 607 minutes.

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The two late afternoons सायाह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Saturday 4 March

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

15:17 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:37
14:5315:1715:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:05

141 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 5 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:17 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:38
14:5315:1715:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:05

0 of 141 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 04:03 on Sat 4 Mar to 05:10 on Sun 5 Mar.

    2034-03-04T01:03:12Z → 2034-03-05T02:10:11Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:17–17:37 on the 4th, 15:17–17:38 on the 5th.

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

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 141 of 141 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 141 on the 5th.

    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 36395 s
  5. Step 5, Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 4 March is the day taken above.

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

    Holī, Doha, 2034: Sunday 5 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Holī 2034 falls on Sunday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:03 on Sat 4 Mar to 05:10 on Sun 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 4th.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2034/holipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 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 4thCoveredSāyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:03 → 18:1015:33139 min15:330 min5 Mar
Chicago19:03 → 20:1015:28137 min15:280 min5 Mar
Jersey City20:03 → 21:1015:34137 min15:340 min5 Mar
Port of Spain21:03 → 22:1015:53143 min15:530 min5 Mar
London01:03 → 02:1015:32133 min15:330 min5 Mar
Durban03:03 → 04:1015:54151 min15:530 min5 Mar
Dubai05:03 → 06:1016:02141 min16:020 min5 Mar
Delhi06:33 → 07:4016:03140 min16:030 min5 Mar
Kolkata06:33 → 07:4015:20141 min15:200 min5 Mar
Singapore09:03 → 10:1016:54145 min16:540 min5 Mar
Sydney12:03 → 13:1016:55152 min16:540 min5 Mar
Suva13:03 → 14:1016:01149 min16:000 min5 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