Ruling · Holī · 2023
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 6 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 6 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 7 March
Qualifies with 104 of 140 minutes. Not taken.
104 of 140 minutes covered, the first 104
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 15:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 17:40 on Tue 7 Mar.
2023-03-06T10:47:49Z → 2023-03-07T12:40:22Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:16 on the 6th, 15:56–18:16 on the 7th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 140 of 140 minutes on the 6th and 104 of 140 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 475 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 6 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 2023: Tuesday 7 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Holī 2023 falls on Tuesday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:48 on Mon 6 Mar to 17:40 on Tue 7 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 6th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 104 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 7 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 7 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 7 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 6th | Covered | Sāyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:48 → 04:40 | 15:34 | 139 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:48 → 06:40 | 15:29 | 138 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:48 → 07:40 | 15:35 | 138 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:48 → 08:40 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| London | 10:48 → 12:40 | 15:34 | 135 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 12:48 → 14:40 | 15:53 | 151 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:48 → 16:40 | 16:02 | 141 min | 16:02 | 38 min | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:18 → 18:10 | 16:03 | 126 min | 16:03 | 127 min | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:18 → 18:10 | 15:20 | 84 min | 15:20 | 142 min | 8 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:48 → 20:40 | 16:53 | 31 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 8 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:48 → 23:40 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:53 | 151 min | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 22:48 → 00:40 | 16:00 | 0 min | 16:00 | 148 min | 8 Mar |