Ruling · Holī · 2002

Friday 29 March

Determinatein Kunming, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 28 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 422 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Wednesday 27 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:23
16:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:44

0 of 147 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 28 March

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

16:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:23
16:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:5619:2019:44

148 of 148 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 06:20 on Thu 28 Mar to 02:25 on Fri 29 Mar.

    2002-03-27T22:20:28Z → 2002-03-28T18:24:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:56–19:23 on the 27th, 16:56–19:23 on the 28th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 147 minutes on the 27th and 148 of 148 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 25293 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 28 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Kunming, 2002: Friday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Kunming, Holī 2002 falls on Friday 29 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:20 on Thu 28 Mar to 02:25 on Fri 29 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th.

ahargana.org/kunming/festivals/2002/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Kunming.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/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 clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 27thCoveredSāyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:20 → 10:2515:41148 min15:420 min28 Mar
Chicago16:20 → 12:2515:41110 min15:410 min28 Mar
Jersey City17:20 → 13:2515:4655 min15:470 min28 Mar
Port of Spain18:20 → 14:2515:510 min15:500 min28 Mar
London22:20 → 18:2515:530 min15:54151 min29 Mar
Durban00:20 → 20:2515:360 min15:35143 min29 Mar
Dubai02:20 → 22:2516:050 min16:05148 min29 Mar
Delhi03:50 → 23:5516:080 min16:08148 min29 Mar
Kolkata03:50 → 23:5515:230 min15:23147 min29 Mar
Singapore06:20 → 02:2516:480 min16:48145 min29 Mar
Sydney09:20 → 05:2516:350 min16:34142 min29 Mar
Suva10:20 → 06:2515:480 min15:47144 min29 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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