Ruling · Holī · 1914

Thursday 12 March

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 11 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 269 minutes.

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The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Wednesday 11 March

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

15:41 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:02
15:1715:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:29

141 of 141 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 12 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:03
15:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:30

0 of 141 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 11:13 on Wed 11 Mar to 07:43 on Thu 12 Mar.

    1914-03-11T07:47:39Z → 1914-03-12T04:18:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:41–18:02 on the 11th, 15:42–18:03 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 141 of 141 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 141 on the 12th.

    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 16122 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 11 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Tehran, 1914: Thursday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Holī 1914 falls on Thursday 12 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:13 on Wed 11 Mar to 07:43 on Thu 12 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 11th.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1914/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 11thCoveredSāyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:48 → 20:1815:36141 min15:360 min12 Mar
Chicago01:48 → 22:1815:31140 min15:320 min12 Mar
Jersey City02:48 → 23:1815:37140 min15:380 min12 Mar
Port of Spain03:48 → 00:1815:53144 min15:520 min12 Mar
London07:48 → 04:1815:38138 min15:390 min12 Mar
Durban09:48 → 06:1815:50149 min15:490 min12 Mar
Dubai11:29 → 07:5915:44142 min15:440 min12 Mar
Delhi13:18 → 09:4816:05142 min16:050 min12 Mar
Kolkata13:18 → 09:4815:21143 min15:210 min12 Mar
Singapore14:48 → 11:1815:53145 min15:520 min12 Mar
Sydney17:48 → 14:1815:5032 min15:490 min12 Mar
Suva19:43 → 16:1315:530 min15:5221 min13 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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