Ruling · Holī · 2088

Sunday 7 March

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 6 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 Saturday 6 March

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

15:56 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
Pūrṇimā begins 16:30:04
15:3215:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:44

107 of 141 minutes covered, the last 107

Late afternoon of Sunday 7 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:18
Pūrṇimā ends 15:37:49
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

0 of 141 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 16:30 on Sat 6 Mar to 15:38 on Sun 7 Mar.

    2088-03-06T11:30:05Z → 2088-03-07T10:37:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:56–18:17 on the 6th, 15:57–18:18 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 107 of 141 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 141 on the 7th.

    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 1130 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 6 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Multan, 2088: Sunday 7 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Holī 2088 falls on Sunday 7 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 6 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:30 on Sat 6 Mar to 15:38 on Sun 7 Mar and covers 107 of 141 minutes of sāyāhna on the 6th.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2088/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:30 → 02:3815:34140 min15:350 min7 Mar
Chicago05:30 → 04:3815:30138 min15:300 min7 Mar
Jersey City06:30 → 05:3815:36139 min15:360 min7 Mar
Port of Spain07:30 → 06:3815:53144 min15:530 min7 Mar
London11:30 → 10:3815:36136 min15:360 min7 Mar
Durban13:30 → 12:3815:52150 min15:510 min7 Mar
Dubai15:30 → 14:3816:02141 min16:030 min7 Mar
Delhi17:00 → 16:0816:0484 min16:044 min7 Mar
Kolkata17:00 → 16:0815:2142 min15:2147 min8 Mar
Singapore19:30 → 18:3816:530 min16:53105 min8 Mar
Sydney22:30 → 21:3816:530 min16:52151 min8 Mar
Suva23:30 → 22:3816:000 min15:59148 min8 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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