Late afternoon of Friday 28 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:22
15:2915:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:41
149 of 149 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2059
Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 28 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 516 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 28 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
149 of 149 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 29 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:16 on Fri 28 Mar to 07:18 on Sat 29 Mar.
2059-03-28T01:46:03Z → 2059-03-29T03:48:11Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:53–18:22 on the 28th, 15:54–18:23 on the 29th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 149 of 149 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 149 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 30930 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 28 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Tehran, 2059: Saturday 29 March.
confidence: determinate
In Tehran, Holī 2059 falls on Saturday 29 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:16 on Fri 28 Mar to 07:18 on Sat 29 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 29 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 29 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 29 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 | 18:46 → 20:48 | 16:42 | 149 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Chicago | 20:46 → 22:48 | 16:41 | 150 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Jersey City | 21:46 → 23:48 | 16:47 | 150 min | 16:47 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:46 → 23:48 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:50 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| London | 01:46 → 03:48 | 15:55 | 152 min | 15:55 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Durban | 03:46 → 05:48 | 15:35 | 143 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:46 → 07:48 | 16:06 | 148 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Delhi | 07:16 → 09:18 | 16:09 | 148 min | 16:09 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Kolkata | 07:16 → 09:18 | 15:23 | 147 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:46 → 11:48 | 16:48 | 145 min | 16:48 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Sydney | 12:46 → 14:48 | 16:34 | 142 min | 16:33 | 0 min | 29 Mar |
| Suva | 13:46 → 15:48 | 15:47 | 144 min | 15:46 | 2 min | 29 Mar |