Late afternoon of Monday 9 March
Qualifies with 46 of 140 minutes. Not taken.
15:41 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:01
Pūrṇimā begins 17:15:10
15:1715:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:29
46 of 140 minutes covered, the last 46
Ruling · Holī · 1925
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 10 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 9 March
Qualifies with 46 of 140 minutes. Not taken.
46 of 140 minutes covered, the last 46
Late afternoon of Tuesday 10 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
125 of 141 minutes covered, the first 125
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:14 on Mon 9 Mar to 17:46 on Tue 10 Mar.
1925-03-09T13:49:27Z → 1925-03-10T14:20:43Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:41–18:01 on the 9th, 15:41–18:02 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 46 of 140 minutes on the 9th and 125 of 141 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 960 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 10 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Tehran, 1925: Wednesday 11 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Holī 1925 falls on Wednesday 11 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 10 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:14 on Mon 9 Mar to 17:46 on Tue 10 Mar and covers 125 of 141 minutes of sāyāhna on the 10th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 46 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 11 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:49 → 06:21 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:49 → 08:21 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:49 → 09:21 | 15:36 | 139 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:49 → 10:21 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 13:49 → 14:21 | 15:37 | 137 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 15:49 → 16:21 | 15:51 | 150 min | 15:50 | 31 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:49 → 18:21 | 16:03 | 35 min | 16:03 | 138 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:19 → 19:51 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:19 → 19:51 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:49 → 21:21 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 145 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:49 → 00:21 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:51 | 150 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 01:49 → 02:21 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 11 Mar |