Ruling · Holī · 2054

Tuesday 24 March

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 23 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 153 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 Sunday 22 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:51 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:17
15:2715:5116:1516:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:39

0 of 146 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 23 March

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

15:51 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:18
15:2715:5116:1516:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:39

147 of 147 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 23:41 on Sun 22 Mar to 20:52 on Mon 23 Mar.

    2054-03-22T20:11:26Z → 2054-03-23T17:21:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:51–18:17 on the 22nd, 15:51–18:18 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 22nd and 147 of 147 on the 23rd.

    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 9203 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 23 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Tehran, 2054: Tuesday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Holī 2054 falls on Tuesday 24 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 23 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:41 on Sun 22 Mar to 20:52 on Mon 23 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 23rd.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2054/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 22ndCoveredSāyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:11 → 10:2216:40147 min16:400 min23 Mar
Chicago15:11 → 12:2216:38147 min16:390 min23 Mar
Jersey City16:11 → 13:2216:44147 min16:440 min23 Mar
Port of Spain16:11 → 13:2215:51125 min15:510 min23 Mar
London20:11 → 17:2215:490 min15:5091 min24 Mar
Durban22:11 → 19:2215:400 min15:39144 min24 Mar
Dubai00:11 → 21:2216:050 min16:05146 min24 Mar
Delhi01:41 → 22:5216:070 min16:07146 min24 Mar
Kolkata01:41 → 22:5215:220 min15:22146 min24 Mar
Singapore04:11 → 01:2216:490 min16:49145 min24 Mar
Sydney07:11 → 04:2216:390 min16:38144 min24 Mar
Suva08:11 → 05:2215:510 min15:50145 min24 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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