Ruling · Holī · 2081

Tuesday 25 March

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 24 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 510 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 Monday 24 March

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

15:52 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:20
15:2815:5216:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:40

148 of 148 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 25 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:53 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:21
15:2915:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:41

0 of 148 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 07:22 on Mon 24 Mar to 04:01 on Tue 25 Mar.

    2081-03-24T03:51:56Z → 2081-03-25T00:30:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:52–18:20 on the 24th, 15:53–18:21 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 148 of 148 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 148 on the 25th.

    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 30615 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 24 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Tehran, 2081: Tuesday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Holī 2081 falls on Tuesday 25 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 24 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:22 on Mon 24 Mar to 04:01 on Tue 25 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 24th.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2081/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 25 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 24thCoveredSāyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:52 → 17:3116:4150 min16:410 min25 Mar
Chicago22:52 → 19:3116:40148 min16:400 min25 Mar
Jersey City23:52 → 20:3116:45148 min16:460 min25 Mar
Port of Spain23:52 → 20:3115:51146 min15:510 min25 Mar
London03:52 → 00:3115:52150 min15:530 min25 Mar
Durban05:52 → 02:3115:38144 min15:370 min25 Mar
Dubai07:52 → 04:3116:05147 min16:050 min25 Mar
Delhi09:22 → 06:0116:08147 min16:080 min25 Mar
Kolkata09:22 → 06:0115:23146 min15:230 min25 Mar
Singapore11:52 → 08:3116:49145 min16:490 min25 Mar
Sydney14:52 → 11:3116:37144 min16:360 min25 Mar
Suva15:52 → 12:3115:49142 min15:490 min25 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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