Ruling · Holī · 1985

Thursday 7 March

Determinatein Linyi, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 6 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 134 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 Wednesday 6 March

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

15:47 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:06
15:2315:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:35

139 of 139 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 7 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:47 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:07
15:2315:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:35

0 of 140 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 13:33 on Wed 6 Mar to 10:13 on Thu 7 Mar.

    1985-03-06T05:32:43Z → 1985-03-07T02:13:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:47–18:06 on the 6th, 15:47–18:07 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 139 of 139 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 140 on the 7th.

    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 8052 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 6 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Linyi, 1985: Thursday 7 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Linyi, Holī 1985 falls on Thursday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:33 on Wed 6 Mar to 10:13 on Thu 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th.

ahargana.org/linyi/festivals/1985/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 7 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 7 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 7 Mar
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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 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:33 → 18:1315:34140 min15:340 min7 Mar
Chicago23:33 → 20:1315:29138 min15:290 min7 Mar
Jersey City00:33 → 21:1315:35138 min15:360 min7 Mar
Port of Spain01:33 → 22:1315:53144 min15:530 min7 Mar
London05:33 → 02:1315:34135 min15:350 min7 Mar
Durban07:33 → 04:1315:53151 min15:520 min7 Mar
Dubai09:33 → 06:1316:02141 min16:020 min7 Mar
Delhi11:03 → 07:4316:03140 min16:040 min7 Mar
Kolkata11:03 → 07:4315:20142 min15:210 min7 Mar
Singapore13:33 → 10:1316:54145 min16:530 min7 Mar
Sydney15:33 → 12:1315:54152 min15:530 min7 Mar
Suva17:33 → 14:1316:0056 min16:000 min7 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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