Ruling · Holī · 2051

Monday 27 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 26 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 121 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 Sunday 26 March

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

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

147 of 147 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 27 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

0 of 148 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 11:26 on Sun 26 Mar to 14:00 on Mon 27 Mar.

    2051-03-26T06:26:04Z → 2051-03-27T09:00:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:01–18:29 on the 26th, 16:02–18:29 on the 27th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 148 on the 27th.

    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 7283 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Multan, 2051: Monday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Holī 2051 falls on Monday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:26 on Sun 26 Mar to 14:00 on Mon 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 26th.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2051/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 26thCoveredSāyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:26 → 02:0016:41148 min16:410 min27 Mar
Chicago01:26 → 04:0016:40149 min16:410 min27 Mar
Jersey City02:26 → 05:0016:46149 min16:460 min27 Mar
Port of Spain02:26 → 05:0015:51146 min15:510 min27 Mar
London07:26 → 10:0016:53151 min16:540 min27 Mar
Durban08:26 → 11:0015:36143 min15:360 min27 Mar
Dubai10:26 → 13:0016:05147 min16:050 min27 Mar
Delhi11:56 → 14:3016:08147 min16:080 min27 Mar
Kolkata11:56 → 14:3015:23147 min15:230 min27 Mar
Singapore14:26 → 17:0016:48145 min16:4812 min27 Mar
Sydney17:26 → 20:0016:3693 min16:35143 min28 Mar
Suva18:26 → 21:0015:480 min15:48144 min28 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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