Ruling · Holī · 1934

Friday 2 March

Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 1 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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 Wednesday 28 February

Qualifies with 17 of 132 minutes. Not taken.

15:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:23
Pūrṇimā begins 17:06:03
14:4715:1115:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:35

17 of 132 minutes covered, the last 17

Late afternoon of Thursday 1 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.

15:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:24
14:4815:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:36

132 of 132 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 17:06 on Wed 28 Feb to 18:26 on Thu 1 Mar.

    1934-02-28T09:06:04Z → 1934-03-01T10:25:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:11–17:23 on the 28th, 15:12–17:24 on the 1st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 17 of 132 minutes on the 28th and 132 of 132 on the 1st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    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 990 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 1 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daqing, 1934: Friday 2 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Holī 1934 falls on Friday 2 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 1 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:06 on Wed 28 Feb to 18:26 on Thu 1 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 1st. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 17 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1934/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 28thCoveredSāyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:06 → 02:2615:31137 min15:320 min1 Mar
Chicago03:06 → 04:2615:25134 min15:250 min1 Mar
Jersey City04:06 → 05:2615:31134 min15:320 min1 Mar
Port of Spain05:06 → 06:2615:53143 min15:530 min1 Mar
London09:06 → 10:2615:28130 min15:290 min1 Mar
Durban11:06 → 12:2615:58153 min15:570 min1 Mar
Dubai13:06 → 14:2616:01139 min16:010 min1 Mar
Delhi14:36 → 15:5616:01138 min16:020 min1 Mar
Kolkata14:36 → 15:5615:19140 min15:1936 min1 Mar
Singapore16:26 → 17:4616:15134 min16:1591 min1 Mar
Sydney19:06 → 20:2615:590 min15:59154 min2 Mar
Suva21:06 → 22:2616:040 min16:03149 min2 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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