Ruling · Holī · 1982

Tuesday 9 March

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 8 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 14 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 Monday 8 March

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

15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
Pūrṇimā begins 16:54:45
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47

91 of 147 minutes covered, the last 91

Late afternoon of Tuesday 9 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:26
Pūrṇimā ends 15:45:07
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47

0 of 147 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 16:55 on Mon 8 Mar to 15:45 on Tue 9 Mar.

    1982-03-08T21:54:46Z → 1982-03-09T20:45:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:26 on the 8th, 15:59–18:26 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 91 of 147 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 147 on the 9th.

    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 818 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Lima, 1982: Tuesday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Holī 1982 falls on Tuesday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:55 on Mon 8 Mar to 15:45 on Tue 9 Mar and covers 91 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 8th.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1982/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 9 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 8thCoveredSāyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:55 → 12:4515:35140 min15:350 min9 Mar
Chicago15:55 → 14:4515:30114 min15:300 min9 Mar
Jersey City16:55 → 15:4515:3660 min15:369 min9 Mar
Port of Spain17:55 → 16:4515:5322 min15:5353 min10 Mar
London21:55 → 20:4515:360 min15:37137 min10 Mar
Durban23:55 → 22:4515:520 min15:51150 min10 Mar
Dubai01:55 → 00:4516:020 min16:03142 min10 Mar
Delhi03:25 → 02:1516:040 min16:04141 min10 Mar
Kolkata03:25 → 02:1515:210 min15:21142 min10 Mar
Singapore05:55 → 04:4516:530 min16:53145 min10 Mar
Sydney08:55 → 07:4516:520 min16:51151 min10 Mar
Suva09:55 → 08:4515:590 min15:59148 min10 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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