Ruling · Holī · 1984

Saturday 17 March

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 16 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 39 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 Friday 16 March

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

15:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:12
Pūrṇimā begins 17:33:43
15:2515:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:37

39 of 144 minutes covered, the last 39

Late afternoon of Saturday 17 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:13
15:2515:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:37

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 17:34 on Fri 16 Mar to 13:40 on Sat 17 Mar.

    1984-03-16T14:03:44Z → 1984-03-17T10:09:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:49–18:12 on the 16th, 15:49–18:13 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 39 of 144 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 144 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 2320 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 16 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Tehran, 1984: Saturday 17 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Holī 1984 falls on Saturday 17 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 16 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:34 on Fri 16 Mar to 13:40 on Sat 17 Mar and covers 39 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna on the 16th.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1984/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 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 16thCoveredSāyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:04 → 02:1015:38144 min15:380 min17 Mar
Chicago08:04 → 04:1015:35144 min15:350 min17 Mar
Jersey City09:04 → 05:1015:41144 min15:410 min17 Mar
Port of Spain10:04 → 06:1015:52145 min15:520 min17 Mar
London14:04 → 10:1015:44143 min15:450 min17 Mar
Durban16:04 → 12:1015:45128 min15:440 min17 Mar
Dubai18:04 → 14:1016:0424 min16:040 min17 Mar
Delhi19:34 → 15:4016:060 min16:060 min17 Mar
Kolkata19:34 → 15:4015:220 min15:2218 min18 Mar
Singapore22:04 → 18:1016:510 min16:5179 min18 Mar
Sydney00:04 → 20:1015:450 min15:44147 min18 Mar
Suva02:04 → 22:1015:540 min15:54146 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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