Ruling · Holī · 2075

Sunday 3 March

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 2 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 337 minutes.

Decide it for

35°42′ N 51°25′ E · Asia/Tehran · GeoNames 112931

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Friday 1 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:42 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:59
15:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:30

0 of 137 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 2 March

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

15:43 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
15:1915:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:31

137 of 137 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 23:43 on Fri 1 Mar to 23:37 on Sat 2 Mar.

    2075-03-01T20:12:49Z → 2075-03-02T20:07:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:42–17:59 on the 1st, 15:43–18:00 on the 2nd.

    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 137 minutes on the 1st and 137 of 137 on the 2nd.

    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 20225 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 2 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Tehran, 2075: Sunday 3 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Holī 2075 falls on Sunday 3 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:43 on Fri 1 Mar to 23:37 on Sat 2 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 2nd.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2075/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 1stCoveredSāyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:13 → 12:0715:32138 min15:320 min2 Mar
Chicago14:13 → 14:0715:26135 min15:270 min2 Mar
Jersey City15:13 → 15:0715:32135 min15:330 min2 Mar
Port of Spain16:13 → 16:0715:53123 min15:5314 min2 Mar
London20:13 → 20:0715:300 min15:31132 min3 Mar
Durban22:13 → 22:0715:570 min15:56152 min3 Mar
Dubai00:13 → 00:0716:010 min16:01140 min3 Mar
Delhi01:43 → 01:3716:020 min16:02139 min3 Mar
Kolkata01:43 → 01:3715:200 min15:20141 min3 Mar
Singapore04:13 → 04:0716:550 min16:54145 min3 Mar
Sydney07:13 → 07:0716:580 min16:57153 min3 Mar
Suva08:13 → 08:0716:030 min16:02149 min3 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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