Ruling · Holī · 2063

Thursday 15 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 14 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 173 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 Tuesday 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 Wednesday 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 00:31 on Wed 14 Mar to 21:15 on Wed 14 Mar.

    2063-03-13T19:31:29Z → 2063-03-14T16:14:51Z

  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 10408 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Multan, 2063: Thursday 15 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Holī 2063 falls on Thursday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:31 on Wed 14 Mar to 21:15 on Wed 14 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2063/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 Angeles12:31 → 09:1516:37143 min16:370 min14 Mar
Chicago14:31 → 11:1516:33142 min16:340 min14 Mar
Jersey City15:31 → 12:1516:39142 min16:390 min14 Mar
Port of Spain15:31 → 12:1515:52144 min15:520 min14 Mar
London19:31 → 16:1515:410 min15:4233 min15 Mar
Durban21:31 → 18:1515:470 min15:46148 min15 Mar
Dubai23:31 → 20:1516:030 min16:03144 min15 Mar
Delhi01:01 → 21:4516:050 min16:05143 min15 Mar
Kolkata01:01 → 21:4515:210 min15:22144 min15 Mar
Singapore03:31 → 00:1516:520 min16:52145 min15 Mar
Sydney06:31 → 03:1516:480 min16:47148 min15 Mar
Suva07:31 → 04:1515:560 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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