Holī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 16:04 on Mon 7 Mar to 18:23 on Tue 8 Mar.

   2050-03-07T13:04:08Z → 2050-03-08T15:23:20Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:17–17:39 on the 7th, 15:17–17:39 on the 8th.

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

   Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 95 of 141 minutes on the 7th and 142 of 142 on the 8th.

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

   Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2647 s
5. ५Step 5, Counted

   Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 8 March is the day taken above.

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

   Holī, Doha, 2050: Wednesday 9 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

In Doha, Holī 2050 falls on Wednesday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:04 on Mon 7 Mar to 18:23 on Tue 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 95 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled. 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.