Ruling · Holī · 2037

Monday 2 March

Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 1 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 221 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 1 March

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

Late afternoon of Monday 2 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:58 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:19
15:3415:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:46

0 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 12:17 on Sun 1 Mar to 08:28 on Mon 2 Mar.

    2037-03-01T04:16:49Z → 2037-03-02T00:28:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:58–18:18 on the 1st, 15:58–18:19 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 140 of 140 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 140 on the 2nd.

    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 13274 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 1 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Puning, 2037: Monday 2 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Puning, Holī 2037 falls on Monday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:17 on Sun 1 Mar to 08:28 on Mon 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st.

ahargana.org/puning/festivals/2037/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 2 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 2 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 2 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 1stCoveredSāyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:17 → 16:2815:3256 min15:320 min2 Mar
Chicago22:17 → 18:2815:26135 min15:270 min2 Mar
Jersey City23:17 → 19:2815:32136 min15:330 min2 Mar
Port of Spain00:17 → 20:2815:53143 min15:530 min2 Mar
London04:17 → 00:2815:30131 min15:310 min2 Mar
Durban06:17 → 02:2815:56152 min15:560 min2 Mar
Dubai08:17 → 04:2816:01140 min16:010 min2 Mar
Delhi09:47 → 05:5816:02139 min16:020 min2 Mar
Kolkata09:47 → 05:5815:20140 min15:200 min2 Mar
Singapore12:17 → 08:2816:54145 min16:540 min2 Mar
Sydney15:17 → 11:2816:58154 min16:570 min2 Mar
Suva16:17 → 12:2816:02135 min16:020 min2 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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