Late afternoon of Tuesday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:26 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:54
16:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14
0 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2013
Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 27 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 28 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 27 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
121 of 149 minutes covered, the first 121
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:55 on Tue 26 Mar to 18:27 on Wed 27 Mar.
2013-03-26T10:54:53Z → 2013-03-27T09:27:18Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:26–18:54 on the 26th, 16:26–18:55 on the 27th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 148 minutes on the 26th and 121 of 149 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1675 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 27 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Pyongyang, 2013: Thursday 28 March.
confidence: determinate
In Pyongyang, Holī 2013 falls on Thursday 28 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 27 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:55 on Tue 26 Mar to 18:27 on Wed 27 Mar and covers 121 of 149 minutes of sāyāhna on the 27th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 28 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 28 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Pyongyang. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 26th | Covered | Sāyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:55 → 02:27 | 16:41 | 148 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Chicago | 05:55 → 04:27 | 16:40 | 149 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Jersey City | 06:55 → 05:27 | 16:46 | 149 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:55 → 05:27 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| London | 10:55 → 09:27 | 15:53 | 151 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Durban | 12:55 → 11:27 | 15:36 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:55 → 13:27 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:25 → 14:57 | 16:08 | 131 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:25 → 14:57 | 15:23 | 85 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:55 → 17:27 | 16:48 | 19 min | 16:48 | 39 min | 28 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:55 → 20:27 | 16:35 | 0 min | 16:34 | 143 min | 28 Mar |
| Suva | 22:55 → 21:27 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:48 | 144 min | 28 Mar |