Ruling · Holī · 1983

Tuesday 29 March

Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 28 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 571 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 Monday 28 March

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

16:26 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:56
16:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

149 of 149 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 29 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:27 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:56
16:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

0 of 150 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 06:56 on Mon 28 Mar to 04:27 on Tue 29 Mar.

    1983-03-27T21:55:35Z → 1983-03-28T19:26:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:26–18:56 on the 28th, 16:27–18:56 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 149 of 149 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 150 on the 29th.

    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 34247 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 28 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Pyongyang, 1983: Tuesday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Pyongyang, Holī 1983 falls on Tuesday 29 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:56 on Mon 28 Mar to 04:27 on Tue 29 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th.

ahargana.org/pyongyang/festivals/1983/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 27thCoveredSāyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:56 → 11:2715:41148 min15:410 min28 Mar
Chicago15:56 → 13:2715:40134 min15:410 min28 Mar
Jersey City16:56 → 14:2715:4679 min15:460 min28 Mar
Port of Spain17:56 → 15:2715:5121 min15:510 min28 Mar
London22:56 → 20:2716:530 min16:54152 min29 Mar
Durban23:56 → 21:2715:360 min15:35143 min29 Mar
Dubai01:56 → 23:2716:050 min16:05147 min29 Mar
Delhi03:26 → 00:5716:080 min16:08148 min29 Mar
Kolkata03:26 → 00:5715:230 min15:23147 min29 Mar
Singapore05:56 → 03:2716:480 min16:48145 min29 Mar
Sydney07:56 → 05:2715:350 min15:34143 min29 Mar
Suva09:56 → 07:2715:480 min15:47144 min29 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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