Late afternoon of Wednesday 2 March
Qualifies with 61 of 137 minutes. Not taken.
15:43 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
Pūrṇimā begins 16:59:33
15:1915:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:31
61 of 137 minutes covered, the last 61
Ruling · Holī · 1988
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 3 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 Wednesday 2 March
Qualifies with 61 of 137 minutes. Not taken.
61 of 137 minutes covered, the last 61
Late afternoon of Thursday 3 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
138 of 138 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 17:00 on Wed 2 Mar to 19:31 on Thu 3 Mar.
1988-03-02T13:29:33Z → 1988-03-03T16:01:04Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:43–18:00 on the 2nd, 15:43–18:01 on the 3rd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 61 of 137 minutes on the 2nd and 138 of 138 on the 3rd.
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 3634 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 3 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Tehran, 1988: Friday 4 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Holī 1988 falls on Friday 4 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 3 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:00 on Wed 2 Mar to 19:31 on Thu 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 3rd. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 61 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 | Fri 4 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 4 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 4 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 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:30 → 08:01 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:30 → 10:01 | 15:27 | 136 min | 15:27 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:30 → 11:01 | 15:33 | 136 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:30 → 12:01 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| London | 13:30 → 16:01 | 15:31 | 132 min | 15:32 | 29 min | 3 Mar |
| Durban | 15:30 → 18:01 | 15:56 | 152 min | 15:55 | 126 min | 3 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:30 → 20:01 | 16:01 | 52 min | 16:01 | 140 min | 4 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:00 → 21:31 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 140 min | 4 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:00 → 21:31 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 4 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:30 → 00:01 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 4 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:30 → 03:01 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:56 | 153 min | 4 Mar |
| Suva | 01:30 → 04:01 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 149 min | 4 Mar |