Late afternoon of Friday 28 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:58
15:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:30
0 of 136 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2048
Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 29 Feb. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 32 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 28 February
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 136 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 29 February
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
137 of 137 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:15 on Fri 28 Feb to 18:08 on Sat 29 Feb.
2048-02-28T15:44:56Z → 2048-02-29T14:38:13Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:42–17:58 on the 28th, 15:42–17:59 on the 29th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 136 minutes on the 28th and 137 of 137 on the 29th.
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 572 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 29 February is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Tehran, 2048: Sunday 1 March.
confidence: determinate
In Tehran, Holī 2048 falls on Sunday 1 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 29 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:15 on Fri 28 Feb to 18:08 on Sat 29 Feb and covers all of sāyāhna on the 29th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 1 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 1 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 1 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 28th | Covered | Sāyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:45 → 06:38 | 15:31 | 137 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 29 Feb |
| Chicago | 09:45 → 08:38 | 15:25 | 134 min | 15:26 | 0 min | 29 Feb |
| Jersey City | 10:45 → 09:38 | 15:31 | 135 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 29 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 11:45 → 10:38 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 29 Feb |
| London | 15:45 → 14:38 | 15:28 | 113 min | 15:29 | 0 min | 29 Feb |
| Durban | 17:45 → 16:38 | 15:58 | 45 min | 15:57 | 41 min | 29 Feb |
| Dubai | 19:45 → 18:38 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 140 min | 1 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:15 → 20:08 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:02 | 139 min | 1 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:15 → 20:08 | 15:19 | 0 min | 15:19 | 140 min | 1 Mar |
| Singapore | 23:45 → 22:38 | 16:55 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 1 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:45 → 01:38 | 16:59 | 0 min | 16:58 | 154 min | 1 Mar |
| Suva | 03:45 → 02:38 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 149 min | 1 Mar |