Ruling · Holī · 2010

Monday 1 March

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 28 Feb. Clear of every threshold by 380 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 27 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

0 of 140 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 28 February

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

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:18
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

140 of 140 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 04:21 on Sun 28 Feb to 00:38 on Mon 1 Mar.

    2010-02-27T20:20:48Z → 2010-02-28T16:37:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:17 on the 27th, 15:58–18:18 on the 28th.

    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 140 minutes on the 27th and 140 of 140 on the 28th.

    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 22819 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 28 February is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Puning, 2010: Monday 1 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Holī 2010 falls on Monday 1 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 28 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:21 on Sun 28 Feb to 00:38 on Mon 1 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2010/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 1 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 1 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 1 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning.

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 27thCoveredSāyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:21 → 08:3815:31137 min15:310 min28 Feb
Chicago14:21 → 10:3815:24134 min15:250 min28 Feb
Jersey City15:21 → 11:3815:31134 min15:310 min28 Feb
Port of Spain16:21 → 12:3815:53115 min15:530 min28 Feb
London20:21 → 16:3815:270 min15:2869 min1 Mar
Durban22:21 → 18:3815:580 min15:57153 min1 Mar
Dubai00:21 → 20:3816:000 min16:01139 min1 Mar
Delhi01:51 → 22:0816:010 min16:01138 min1 Mar
Kolkata01:51 → 22:0815:190 min15:19140 min1 Mar
Singapore04:21 → 00:3816:550 min16:55145 min1 Mar
Sydney07:21 → 03:3817:000 min16:59154 min1 Mar
Suva09:21 → 05:3817:040 min17:03150 min1 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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