Ruling · Holī · 2089

Sunday 27 March

Determinatein Perth, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 26 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 58 minutes.

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31°57′ S 115°52′ E · Australia/Perth · GeoNames 2063523

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Friday 25 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

0 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 26 March

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

15:57 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:20
Pūrṇimā ends 17:21:27
15:3315:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:45

85 of 143 minutes covered, the first 85

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 19:23 on Fri 25 Mar to 17:21 on Sat 26 Mar.

    2089-03-25T11:23:22Z → 2089-03-26T09:21:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:57–18:21 on the 25th, 15:57–18:20 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 85 of 143 on the 26th.

    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 3483 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Perth, 2089: Sunday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Perth, Holī 2089 falls on Sunday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:23 on Fri 25 Mar to 17:21 on Sat 26 Mar and covers 85 of 143 minutes of sāyāhna on the 26th.

ahargana.org/perth/festivals/2089/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Perth.

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 25thCoveredSāyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:23 → 02:2116:41148 min16:410 min26 Mar
Chicago06:23 → 04:2116:40149 min16:410 min26 Mar
Jersey City07:23 → 05:2116:46149 min16:460 min26 Mar
Port of Spain07:23 → 05:2115:51146 min15:510 min26 Mar
London11:23 → 09:2115:53150 min15:540 min26 Mar
Durban13:23 → 11:2115:37143 min15:360 min26 Mar
Dubai15:23 → 13:2116:05147 min16:060 min26 Mar
Delhi16:53 → 14:5116:08102 min16:080 min26 Mar
Kolkata16:53 → 14:5115:2356 min15:230 min26 Mar
Singapore19:23 → 17:2116:490 min16:4833 min27 Mar
Sydney22:23 → 20:2116:360 min16:35143 min27 Mar
Suva23:23 → 21:2115:490 min15:48144 min27 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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