Ruling · Holī · 1915

Tuesday 2 March

Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 1 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 545 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 28 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:27
15:4816:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:00

0 of 135 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 1 March

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

16:13 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:3719:01

135 of 135 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 05:06 on Mon 1 Mar to 03:32 on Tue 2 Mar.

    1915-02-28T20:06:03Z → 1915-03-01T18:32:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:12–18:27 on the 28th, 16:13–18:28 on the 1st.

    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 135 minutes on the 28th and 135 of 135 on the 1st.

    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 32671 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Pyongyang, 1915: Tuesday 2 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Pyongyang, Holī 1915 falls on Tuesday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:06 on Mon 1 Mar to 03:32 on Tue 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st.

ahargana.org/pyongyang/festivals/1915/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Pyongyang.

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 28thCoveredSāyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:06 → 10:3215:31137 min15:310 min1 Mar
Chicago14:06 → 12:3215:25134 min15:250 min1 Mar
Jersey City15:06 → 13:3215:31134 min15:310 min1 Mar
Port of Spain16:06 → 14:3215:53130 min15:530 min1 Mar
London20:06 → 18:3215:280 min15:29130 min2 Mar
Durban22:06 → 20:3215:580 min15:57153 min2 Mar
Dubai23:47 → 22:1315:410 min15:42139 min2 Mar
Delhi01:36 → 00:0216:010 min16:02138 min2 Mar
Kolkata01:36 → 00:0215:190 min15:19140 min2 Mar
Singapore03:06 → 01:3215:550 min15:55145 min2 Mar
Sydney06:06 → 04:3216:000 min15:59154 min2 Mar
Suva08:01 → 06:2715:590 min15:58150 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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