Late afternoon of Thursday 17 March
Qualifies with 107 of 143 minutes. Not taken.
15:23 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:46
Pūrṇimā begins 15:58:44
14:5915:2315:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:11
107 of 143 minutes covered, the last 107
Ruling · Holī · 1927
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 18 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 Thursday 17 March
Qualifies with 107 of 143 minutes. Not taken.
107 of 143 minutes covered, the last 107
Late afternoon of Friday 18 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
143 of 143 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 15:59 on Thu 17 Mar to 18:24 on Fri 18 Mar.
1927-03-17T07:58:45Z → 1927-03-18T10:24:01Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:23–17:46 on the 17th, 15:24–17:48 on the 18th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 107 of 143 minutes on the 17th and 143 of 143 on the 18th.
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 2120 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 18 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Daqing, 1927: Saturday 19 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Holī 1927 falls on Saturday 19 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:59 on Thu 17 Mar to 18:24 on Fri 18 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 18th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 107 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 19 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 19 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 19 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 17th | Covered | Sāyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:59 → 02:24 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:59 → 04:24 | 15:35 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:59 → 05:24 | 15:41 | 143 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 03:59 → 06:24 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| London | 07:59 → 10:24 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Durban | 09:59 → 12:24 | 15:45 | 147 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Dubai | 11:59 → 14:24 | 16:04 | 144 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Delhi | 13:29 → 15:54 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Kolkata | 13:29 → 15:54 | 15:22 | 144 min | 15:22 | 32 min | 18 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:59 → 17:24 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 93 min | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:59 → 20:24 | 15:45 | 13 min | 15:44 | 147 min | 19 Mar |
| Suva | 19:59 → 22:24 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 146 min | 19 Mar |