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Ruling · 2035 · Doha

Holī

Saturday 24 March2035 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 476 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 23 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 476 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 Thursday 22 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:20 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:46
14:5615:2015:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:08

0 of 146 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 23 March

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

15:20 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:46
14:5615:2015:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:08

146 of 146 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 01:52 on Fri 23 Mar to 01:42 on Sat 24 Mar.

    2035-03-22T22:52:07Z → 2035-03-23T22:42:10Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:20–17:46 on the 22nd, 15:20–17:46 on the 23rd.

    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 146 minutes on the 22nd and 146 of 146 on the 23rd.

    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 28568 s
  5. Step 5, Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 23 March is the day taken above.

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

    Holī, Doha, 2035: Saturday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Holī 2035 falls on Saturday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:52 on Fri 23 Mar to 01:42 on Sat 24 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 23rd.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2035/holipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 22ndCoveredSāyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:52 → 15:4216:40146 min16:400 min23 Mar
Chicago17:52 → 17:4216:3873 min16:3864 min23 Mar
Jersey City18:52 → 18:4216:4418 min16:44118 min24 Mar
Port of Spain18:52 → 18:4215:510 min15:51146 min24 Mar
London22:52 → 22:4215:490 min15:50148 min24 Mar
Durban00:52 → 00:4215:400 min15:39144 min24 Mar
Dubai02:52 → 02:4216:050 min16:05146 min24 Mar
Delhi04:22 → 04:1216:070 min16:07146 min24 Mar
Kolkata04:22 → 04:1215:220 min15:22146 min24 Mar
Singapore06:52 → 06:4216:490 min16:49145 min24 Mar
Sydney09:52 → 09:4216:390 min16:38145 min24 Mar
Suva10:52 → 10:4215:510 min15:50145 min24 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