Ruling · Holī · 2007
Boundaryin Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 2 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 2 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
135 of 135 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 3 March
Qualifies with 110 of 136 minutes. Not taken.
110 of 136 minutes covered, the first 110
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 15:22 on Fri 2 Mar to 17:17 on Sat 3 Mar.
2007-03-02T21:21:35Z → 2007-03-03T23:17:07Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:26–17:41 on the 2nd, 15:27–17:43 on the 3rd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 135 of 135 minutes on the 2nd and 110 of 136 on the 3rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 273 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 2 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chicago, 2007: Saturday 3 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Chicago, Holī 2007 falls on Saturday 3 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 2 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:22 on Fri 2 Mar to 17:17 on Sat 3 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 2nd. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 110 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 33 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 3 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 3 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 3 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago. | ||
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 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:22 → 15:17 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:22 → 17:17 | 15:26 | 135 min | 15:27 | 110 min | 3 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:22 → 18:17 | 15:32 | 86 min | 15:33 | 136 min | 4 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:22 → 19:17 | 15:53 | 54 min | 15:53 | 143 min | 4 Mar |
| London | 21:22 → 23:17 | 15:30 | 0 min | 15:31 | 132 min | 4 Mar |
| Durban | 23:22 → 01:17 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:55 | 152 min | 4 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:22 → 03:17 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 140 min | 4 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:52 → 04:47 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 139 min | 4 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:52 → 04:47 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 4 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:22 → 07:17 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 4 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:22 → 10:17 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:57 | 153 min | 4 Mar |
| Suva | 09:22 → 11:17 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 149 min | 4 Mar |