Ruling · Holī · 1907

Friday 29 March

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 28 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 59 s.

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 Thursday 28 March

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

15:41 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:05
Pūrṇimā begins 15:48:16
15:1715:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:29

137 of 144 minutes covered, the last 137

Late afternoon of Friday 29 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:40 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:05
15:1615:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:28

0 of 144 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 15:48 on Thu 28 Mar to 14:35 on Fri 29 Mar.

    1907-03-28T20:56:52Z → 1907-03-29T19:44:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:41–18:05 on the 28th, 15:40–18:05 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 137 of 144 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 144 on the 29th.

    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 419 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, Lima, 1907: Friday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Holī 1907 falls on Friday 29 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:48 on Thu 28 Mar to 14:35 on Fri 29 Mar and covers 137 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna on the 28th.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1907/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 Lima.

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 28thCoveredSāyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:57 → 11:4415:41148 min15:420 min29 Mar
Chicago14:57 → 13:4415:41150 min15:410 min29 Mar
Jersey City15:57 → 14:4415:46139 min15:470 min29 Mar
Port of Spain16:57 → 15:4415:5180 min15:510 min29 Mar
London20:57 → 19:4415:530 min15:54152 min30 Mar
Durban22:57 → 21:4415:360 min15:35143 min30 Mar
Dubai00:38 → 23:2515:460 min15:47148 min30 Mar
Delhi02:27 → 01:1416:080 min16:08148 min30 Mar
Kolkata02:27 → 01:1415:230 min15:23147 min30 Mar
Singapore03:57 → 02:4415:480 min15:48145 min30 Mar
Sydney06:57 → 05:4415:350 min15:34142 min30 Mar
Suva08:52 → 07:3915:430 min15:42144 min30 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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