Ruling · Holī · 1927

Friday 18 March

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 17 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 115 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 Thursday 17 March

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

15:44 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:07
15:2015:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:32

144 of 144 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 18 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:44 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:08
15:2015:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:32

0 of 144 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 11:24 on Thu 17 Mar to 13:49 on Fri 18 Mar.

    1927-03-17T07:58:45Z → 1927-03-18T10:24:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:44–18:07 on the 17th, 15:44–18:08 on the 18th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 144 of 144 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 144 on the 18th.

    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 6904 s

  5. 05

    Counted

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

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Tehran, 1927: Friday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Holī 1927 falls on Friday 18 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 17 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:24 on Thu 17 Mar to 13:49 on Fri 18 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 17th.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1927/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 18 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 17thCoveredSāyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:59 → 02:2415:38144 min15:380 min18 Mar
Chicago01:59 → 04:2415:35143 min15:350 min18 Mar
Jersey City02:59 → 05:2415:41143 min15:410 min18 Mar
Port of Spain03:59 → 06:2415:52145 min15:520 min18 Mar
London07:59 → 10:2415:44143 min15:450 min18 Mar
Durban09:59 → 12:2415:45147 min15:440 min18 Mar
Dubai11:59 → 14:2416:04144 min16:040 min18 Mar
Delhi13:29 → 15:5416:06144 min16:060 min18 Mar
Kolkata13:29 → 15:5415:22144 min15:2232 min18 Mar
Singapore14:59 → 17:2415:51145 min15:5193 min18 Mar
Sydney17:59 → 20:2415:4513 min15:44147 min19 Mar
Suva19:59 → 22:2415:540 min15:54146 min19 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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