Ruling · Holī · 1944

Friday 10 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 519 minutes.

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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 8 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

17:27 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:47
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:2719:5120:15

0 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 9 March

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

17:27 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:48
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:2719:5120:15

141 of 141 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 04:26 on Thu 9 Mar to 06:58 on Fri 10 Mar.

    1944-03-08T21:56:29Z → 1944-03-10T00:27:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:27–19:47 on the 8th, 17:27–19:48 on the 9th.

    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 141 minutes on the 8th and 141 of 141 on the 9th.

    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 31146 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 9 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Multan, 1944: Friday 10 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Holī 1944 falls on Friday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:26 on Thu 9 Mar to 06:58 on Fri 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1944/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 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 8thCoveredSāyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:56 → 17:2816:35140 min16:350 min9 Mar
Chicago16:56 → 19:2816:30112 min16:310 min10 Mar
Jersey City17:56 → 20:2816:3659 min16:370 min10 Mar
Port of Spain18:56 → 21:2816:5320 min16:530 min10 Mar
London22:56 → 01:2816:360 min16:380 min10 Mar
Durban00:56 → 03:2816:510 min16:500 min10 Mar
Dubai01:56 → 04:2816:020 min16:030 min10 Mar
Delhi04:26 → 06:5817:040 min17:040 min10 Mar
Kolkata04:26 → 06:5816:210 min16:210 min10 Mar
Singapore06:56 → 09:2817:530 min17:530 min10 Mar
Sydney08:56 → 11:2816:520 min16:500 min10 Mar
Suva09:56 → 12:2815:590 min15:580 min10 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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