Ruling · Holī · 2006

Wednesday 15 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 14 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 461 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 Monday 13 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

0 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 14 March

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

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

143 of 143 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 02:02 on Tue 14 Mar to 04:35 on Wed 15 Mar.

    2006-03-13T21:02:02Z → 2006-03-14T23:35:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:21 on the 13th, 15:58–18:21 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 0 of 143 minutes on the 13th and 143 of 143 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 27689 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 14 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Multan, 2006: Wednesday 15 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Holī 2006 falls on Wednesday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:02 on Tue 14 Mar to 04:35 on Wed 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2006/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:02 → 15:3515:36143 min15:370 min14 Mar
Chicago15:02 → 17:3515:33142 min15:33122 min14 Mar
Jersey City16:02 → 18:3515:39119 min15:39142 min15 Mar
Port of Spain17:02 → 19:3515:5275 min15:52145 min15 Mar
London21:02 → 23:3515:410 min15:42141 min15 Mar
Durban23:02 → 01:3515:470 min15:46148 min15 Mar
Dubai01:02 → 03:3516:030 min16:03143 min15 Mar
Delhi02:32 → 05:0516:050 min16:05143 min15 Mar
Kolkata02:32 → 05:0515:210 min15:21144 min15 Mar
Singapore05:02 → 07:3516:520 min16:52145 min15 Mar
Sydney08:02 → 10:3516:480 min16:47148 min15 Mar
Suva09:02 → 11:3515:560 min15:56147 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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