Ruling · Holī · 2091

Tuesday 6 March

Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 5 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 387 minutes.

Decide it for

39°02′ N 125°45′ E · Asia/Pyongyang · GeoNames 1871859

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Sunday 4 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:15 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:32
15:5116:1516:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:03

0 of 137 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 5 March

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

16:16 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:04

138 of 138 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 04:20 on Mon 5 Mar to 01:01 on Tue 6 Mar.

    2091-03-04T19:20:06Z → 2091-03-05T16:00:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:15–18:32 on the 4th, 16:16–18:34 on the 5th.

    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 137 minutes on the 4th and 138 of 138 on the 5th.

    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 23220 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 5 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Pyongyang, 2091: Tuesday 6 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Pyongyang, Holī 2091 falls on Tuesday 6 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 5 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:20 on Mon 5 Mar to 01:01 on Tue 6 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 5th.

ahargana.org/pyongyang/festivals/2091/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 4thCoveredSāyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:20 → 08:0115:33139 min15:340 min5 Mar
Chicago13:20 → 10:0115:28137 min15:290 min5 Mar
Jersey City14:20 → 11:0115:34137 min15:350 min5 Mar
Port of Spain15:20 → 12:0115:53143 min15:530 min5 Mar
London19:20 → 16:0115:330 min15:3427 min6 Mar
Durban21:20 → 18:0115:540 min15:54127 min6 Mar
Dubai23:20 → 20:0116:020 min16:02141 min6 Mar
Delhi00:50 → 21:3116:030 min16:03140 min6 Mar
Kolkata00:50 → 21:3115:200 min15:20141 min6 Mar
Singapore03:20 → 00:0116:540 min16:54145 min6 Mar
Sydney06:20 → 03:0116:550 min16:55152 min6 Mar
Suva07:20 → 04:0116:010 min16:01148 min6 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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