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Ruling · 2020 · Quito

Holī

Monday 9 March2020 · Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

Determinatemargin 32 min

In Quito, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 8 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 32 minutes.

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The two late afternoons सायाह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Sunday 8 March

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

16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
Pūrṇimā begins 16:34:14
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51

114 of 145 minutes covered, the last 114

Late afternoon of Monday 9 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:02 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:28
15:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:50

0 of 145 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:34 on Sun 8 Mar to 12:48 on Mon 9 Mar.

    2020-03-08T21:34:14Z → 2020-03-09T17:47:45Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:28 on the 8th, 16:02–18:28 on the 9th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 114 of 145 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 145 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1899 s
  5. Step 5, Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 8 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
  6. Step 6, Ruling

    Holī, Quito, 2020: Monday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Quito, Holī 2020 falls on Monday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:34 on Sun 8 Mar to 12:48 on Mon 9 Mar and covers 114 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna on the 8th.

ahargana.org/quito/festivals/2020/holipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Quito.

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 clocks

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 8thCoveredSāyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:34 → 10:4816:35141 min16:350 min9 Mar
Chicago16:34 → 12:4816:30135 min16:310 min9 Mar
Jersey City17:34 → 13:4816:3682 min16:370 min9 Mar
Port of Spain17:34 → 13:4815:5342 min15:530 min9 Mar
London21:34 → 17:4815:370 min15:38130 min10 Mar
Durban23:34 → 19:4815:510 min15:50149 min10 Mar
Dubai01:34 → 21:4816:020 min16:03142 min10 Mar
Delhi03:04 → 23:1816:040 min16:04142 min10 Mar
Kolkata03:04 → 23:1815:210 min15:21142 min10 Mar
Singapore05:34 → 01:4816:530 min16:53145 min10 Mar
Sydney08:34 → 04:4816:520 min16:51150 min10 Mar
Suva09:34 → 05:4815:590 min15:58148 min10 Mar
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s