Ruling · Holī · 1956

Tuesday 27 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 26 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 18 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 Sunday 25 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

0 of 147 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 26 March

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

16:01 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
Pūrṇimā ends 18:11:06
15:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:49

130 of 147 minutes covered, the first 130

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 19:49 on Sun 25 Mar to 18:11 on Mon 26 Mar.

    1956-03-25T14:48:50Z → 1956-03-26T13:11:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:28 on the 25th, 16:01–18:29 on the 26th.

    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 147 minutes on the 25th and 130 of 147 on the 26th.

    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 1062 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 26 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Multan, 1956: Tuesday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Holī 1956 falls on Tuesday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:49 on Sun 25 Mar to 18:11 on Mon 26 Mar and covers 130 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 26th.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1956/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 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 25thCoveredSāyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:49 → 05:1115:41148 min15:410 min26 Mar
Chicago08:49 → 07:1115:40149 min15:400 min26 Mar
Jersey City09:49 → 08:1115:45148 min15:460 min26 Mar
Port of Spain10:49 → 09:1115:51146 min15:510 min26 Mar
London14:49 → 13:1115:52150 min15:530 min26 Mar
Durban16:49 → 15:1115:3772 min15:360 min26 Mar
Dubai18:49 → 17:1116:050 min16:0566 min27 Mar
Delhi20:19 → 18:4116:080 min16:08147 min27 Mar
Kolkata20:19 → 18:4115:230 min15:23147 min27 Mar
Singapore22:19 → 20:4116:190 min16:18145 min27 Mar
Sydney00:49 → 23:1115:360 min15:35143 min27 Mar
Suva02:49 → 01:1115:490 min15:48144 min27 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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