Ruling · Holī · 2026

Tuesday 3 March

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 2 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 515 minutes.

Decide it for

12°03′ S 77°02′ W · America/Lima · GeoNames 3936456

The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Monday 2 March

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

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

148 of 148 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 3 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

0 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 07:26 on Mon 2 Mar to 06:38 on Tue 3 Mar.

    2026-03-02T12:26:09Z → 2026-03-03T11:37:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:29 on the 2nd, 16:01–18:29 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 148 on the 3rd.

    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 30926 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 2 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Lima, 2026: Tuesday 3 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Holī 2026 falls on Tuesday 3 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:26 on Mon 2 Mar to 06:38 on Tue 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 2nd.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2026/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 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 2ndCoveredSāyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:26 → 03:3815:32138 min15:330 min3 Mar
Chicago06:26 → 05:3815:26136 min15:270 min3 Mar
Jersey City07:26 → 06:3815:33136 min15:330 min3 Mar
Port of Spain08:26 → 07:3815:53143 min15:530 min3 Mar
London12:26 → 11:3815:30132 min15:310 min3 Mar
Durban14:26 → 13:3815:56152 min15:550 min3 Mar
Dubai16:26 → 15:3816:01115 min16:010 min3 Mar
Delhi17:56 → 17:0816:0225 min16:0266 min4 Mar
Kolkata17:56 → 17:0815:200 min15:20108 min4 Mar
Singapore20:26 → 19:3816:540 min16:54145 min4 Mar
Sydney23:26 → 22:3816:570 min16:56153 min4 Mar
Suva00:26 → 23:3816:020 min16:02149 min4 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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