Late afternoon of Monday 7 March
Qualifies with 13 of 141 minutes. Not taken.
15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
Pūrṇimā begins 18:04:08
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44
13 of 141 minutes covered, the last 13
Ruling · Holī · 2050
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 8 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 7 March
Qualifies with 13 of 141 minutes. Not taken.
13 of 141 minutes covered, the last 13
Late afternoon of Tuesday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:04 on Mon 7 Mar to 20:23 on Tue 8 Mar.
2050-03-07T13:04:08Z → 2050-03-08T15:23:20Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:17 on the 7th, 15:57–18:18 on the 8th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 13 of 141 minutes on the 7th and 141 of 141 on the 8th.
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 762 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Multan, 2050: Wednesday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Holī 2050 falls on Wednesday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:04 on Mon 7 Mar to 20:23 on Tue 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 13 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 | Wed 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 9 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 7th | Covered | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:04 → 07:23 | 15:34 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:04 → 09:23 | 15:30 | 138 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:04 → 10:23 | 15:36 | 139 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:04 → 11:23 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 13:04 → 15:23 | 15:36 | 136 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Durban | 15:04 → 17:23 | 15:52 | 150 min | 15:51 | 92 min | 8 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:04 → 19:23 | 16:02 | 80 min | 16:02 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 18:34 → 20:53 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 141 min | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 18:34 → 20:53 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:04 → 23:23 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:04 → 02:23 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:52 | 151 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 01:04 → 03:23 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 9 Mar |