Ruling · Holī · 2041

Monday 18 March

Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 17 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 199 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 Saturday 16 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:02
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26

0 of 144 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 17 March

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

15:38 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:03
15:1415:3816:0216:2616:5017:1417:3818:0218:26

145 of 145 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 21:22 on Sat 16 Mar to 23:19 on Sun 17 Mar.

    2041-03-16T18:21:40Z → 2041-03-17T20:19:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:38–18:02 on the 16th, 15:38–18:03 on the 17th.

    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 144 minutes on the 16th and 145 of 145 on the 17th.

    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 11956 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 17 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Riyadh, 2041: Monday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Riyadh, Holī 2041 falls on Monday 18 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 17 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:22 on Sat 16 Mar to 23:19 on Sun 17 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 17th.

ahargana.org/riyadh/festivals/2041/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 18 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh.

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 16thCoveredSāyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:22 → 13:1916:38144 min16:380 min17 Mar
Chicago13:22 → 15:1916:35144 min16:350 min17 Mar
Jersey City14:22 → 16:1916:41144 min16:410 min17 Mar
Port of Spain14:22 → 16:1915:52145 min15:5227 min17 Mar
London18:22 → 20:1915:440 min15:45144 min18 Mar
Durban20:22 → 22:1915:440 min15:44146 min18 Mar
Dubai22:22 → 00:1916:040 min16:04144 min18 Mar
Delhi23:52 → 01:4916:060 min16:06144 min18 Mar
Kolkata23:52 → 01:4915:220 min15:22145 min18 Mar
Singapore02:22 → 04:1916:510 min16:51145 min18 Mar
Sydney05:22 → 07:1916:440 min16:43147 min18 Mar
Suva06:22 → 08:1915:540 min15:53146 min18 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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