Late afternoon of Saturday 25 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:52 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:19
15:2815:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:40
147 of 147 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1967
Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 25 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 313 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 25 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 26 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 10:39 on Sat 25 Mar to 06:51 on Sun 26 Mar.
1967-03-25T07:09:08Z → 1967-03-26T03:20:46Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:52–18:19 on the 25th, 15:52–18:20 on the 26th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 147 of 147 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 148 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 18763 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 25 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Tehran, 1967: Sunday 26 March.
confidence: determinate
In Tehran, Holī 1967 falls on Sunday 26 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:39 on Sat 25 Mar to 06:51 on Sun 26 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 25th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 26 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 25th | Covered | Sāyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:09 → 19:21 | 15:40 | 147 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:09 → 21:21 | 15:39 | 148 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:09 → 22:21 | 15:45 | 148 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 03:09 → 23:21 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| London | 08:09 → 04:21 | 16:51 | 149 min | 16:52 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 09:09 → 05:21 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 11:09 → 07:21 | 16:05 | 147 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 12:39 → 08:51 | 16:08 | 147 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 12:39 → 08:51 | 15:23 | 146 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:39 → 10:51 | 16:19 | 145 min | 16:19 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:09 → 13:21 | 15:37 | 52 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Suva | 19:09 → 15:21 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 26 Mar |