Holī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 18:45 on Fri 28 Feb to 17:38 on Sat 29 Feb.

   2048-02-28T15:44:56Z → 2048-02-29T14:38:13Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:16–17:35 on the 28th, 15:16–17:35 on the 29th.

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

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 28th and 140 of 140 on the 29th.

   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 171 s < 300 s
5. ५Step 5, Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 29 February is the day taken above.

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

   Holī, Doha, 2048: Sunday 1 March.

   confidence: boundary (margin)

In Doha, Holī 2048 falls on Sunday 1 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 29 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:45 on Fri 28 Feb to 17:38 on Sat 29 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna on the 29th. It is 2 min 51 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.