Late afternoon of Friday 18 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:39 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:03
16:1516:3917:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27
0 of 144 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2011
Determinatein Chongqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 19 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 426 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Friday 18 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Saturday 19 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:07 on Sat 19 Mar to 02:10 on Sun 20 Mar.
2011-03-18T22:06:54Z → 2011-03-19T18:10:03Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:39–19:03 on the 18th, 16:39–19:04 on the 19th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 144 minutes on the 18th and 145 of 145 on the 19th.
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 25570 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 19 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chongqing, 2011: Sunday 20 March.
confidence: determinate
In Chongqing, Holī 2011 falls on Sunday 20 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 19 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:07 on Sat 19 Mar to 02:10 on Sun 20 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 19th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 20 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 20 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 20 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chongqing. | ||
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 18th | Covered | Sāyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:07 → 11:10 | 16:38 | 145 min | 16:39 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Chicago | 17:07 → 13:10 | 16:36 | 113 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Jersey City | 18:07 → 14:10 | 16:41 | 59 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:07 → 14:10 | 15:52 | 10 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| London | 22:07 → 18:10 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:46 | 144 min | 20 Mar |
| Durban | 00:07 → 20:10 | 15:43 | 0 min | 15:43 | 146 min | 20 Mar |
| Dubai | 02:07 → 22:10 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:37 → 23:40 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:37 → 23:40 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Singapore | 06:07 → 02:10 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 145 min | 20 Mar |
| Sydney | 09:07 → 05:10 | 16:43 | 0 min | 16:42 | 146 min | 20 Mar |
| Suva | 10:07 → 06:10 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:53 | 146 min | 20 Mar |