Ruling · Holī · 1922

Tuesday 14 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 13 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 16 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 Sunday 12 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:28 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:50
16:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

0 of 142 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 13 March

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

16:28 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:50
Pūrṇimā ends 16:43:58
16:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

16 of 142 minutes covered, the first 16

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 20:29 on Sun 12 Mar to 16:44 on Mon 13 Mar.

    1922-03-12T14:59:26Z → 1922-03-13T11:13:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:28–18:50 on the 12th, 16:28–18:50 on the 13th.

    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 142 minutes on the 12th and 16 of 142 on the 13th.

    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 971 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Multan, 1922: Tuesday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Holī 1922 falls on Tuesday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:29 on Sun 12 Mar to 16:44 on Mon 13 Mar and covers 16 of 142 minutes of sāyāhna on the 13th.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1922/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 12thCoveredSāyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:59 → 03:1415:36142 min15:360 min13 Mar
Chicago08:59 → 05:1415:32141 min15:330 min13 Mar
Jersey City09:59 → 06:1415:38141 min15:390 min13 Mar
Port of Spain10:59 → 07:1415:52144 min15:520 min13 Mar
London14:59 → 11:1415:39139 min15:400 min13 Mar
Durban16:59 → 13:1415:4978 min15:480 min13 Mar
Dubai18:59 → 15:1416:030 min16:030 min13 Mar
Delhi20:29 → 16:4416:050 min16:0539 min14 Mar
Kolkata20:29 → 16:4415:210 min15:2183 min14 Mar
Singapore21:59 → 18:1415:520 min15:52142 min14 Mar
Sydney00:59 → 21:1415:490 min15:48149 min14 Mar
Suva02:59 → 23:1415:570 min15:57147 min14 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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