Ruling · Holī · 2082

Saturday 14 March

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 13 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 32 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 Friday 13 March

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

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:23
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

146 of 146 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 14 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44

0 of 146 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 15:25 on Fri 13 Mar to 11:47 on Sat 14 Mar.

    2082-03-13T20:25:00Z → 2082-03-14T16:46:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:57–18:23 on the 13th, 15:56–18:22 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 146 of 146 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 146 on the 14th.

    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 1899 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 13 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Lima, 2082: Saturday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Holī 2082 falls on Saturday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:25 on Fri 13 Mar to 11:47 on Sat 14 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 13th.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2082/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:25 → 09:4716:37143 min16:370 min14 Mar
Chicago15:25 → 11:4716:33142 min16:340 min14 Mar
Jersey City16:25 → 12:4716:39142 min16:400 min14 Mar
Port of Spain16:25 → 12:4715:52112 min15:520 min14 Mar
London20:25 → 16:4715:410 min15:4264 min15 Mar
Durban22:25 → 18:4715:470 min15:46148 min15 Mar
Dubai00:25 → 20:4716:030 min16:04144 min15 Mar
Delhi01:55 → 22:1716:050 min16:06143 min15 Mar
Kolkata01:55 → 22:1715:220 min15:22144 min15 Mar
Singapore04:25 → 00:4716:520 min16:52145 min15 Mar
Sydney07:25 → 03:4716:470 min16:46148 min15 Mar
Suva08:25 → 04:4715:560 min15:55147 min15 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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