Ruling · Holī · 2045

Friday 3 March

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 2 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 504 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 Wednesday 1 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:30
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

0 of 148 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 2 March

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

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

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 06:05 on Thu 2 Mar to 02:53 on Fri 3 Mar.

    2045-03-02T11:04:32Z → 2045-03-03T07:52:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:02–18:30 on the 1st, 16:01–18:29 on the 2nd.

    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 148 minutes on the 1st and 148 of 148 on the 2nd.

    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 30220 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Lima, 2045: Friday 3 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Holī 2045 falls on Friday 3 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:05 on Thu 2 Mar to 02:53 on Fri 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 2nd.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2045/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 Angeles03:05 → 23:5315:32138 min15:330 min3 Mar
Chicago05:05 → 01:5315:27136 min15:270 min3 Mar
Jersey City06:05 → 02:5315:33136 min15:330 min3 Mar
Port of Spain07:05 → 03:5315:53143 min15:530 min3 Mar
London11:05 → 07:5315:31132 min15:320 min3 Mar
Durban13:05 → 09:5315:56152 min15:550 min3 Mar
Dubai15:05 → 11:5316:01140 min16:010 min3 Mar
Delhi16:35 → 13:2316:02107 min16:030 min3 Mar
Kolkata16:35 → 13:2315:2066 min15:200 min3 Mar
Singapore19:05 → 15:5316:5415 min16:540 min3 Mar
Sydney22:05 → 18:5316:570 min16:56117 min4 Mar
Suva23:05 → 19:5316:020 min16:01149 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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