Late afternoon of Thursday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:16 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:33
14:5215:1615:4016:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:04
0 of 137 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1974
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 8 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 28 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 137 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 8 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
137 of 137 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:00 on Thu 7 Mar to 18:03 on Fri 8 Mar.
1974-03-07T12:59:32Z → 1974-03-08T10:02:54Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:16–17:33 on the 7th, 15:17–17:34 on the 8th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 137 minutes on the 7th and 137 of 137 on the 8th.
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 1708 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 8 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Daqing, 1974: Saturday 9 March.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Holī 1974 falls on Saturday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:00 on Thu 7 Mar to 18:03 on Fri 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 9 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 7th | Covered | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:00 → 03:03 | 16:34 | 140 min | 16:34 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 08:00 → 05:03 | 16:29 | 138 min | 16:30 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 09:00 → 06:03 | 16:35 | 138 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:00 → 06:03 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 13:00 → 10:03 | 15:35 | 135 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Durban | 15:00 → 12:03 | 15:52 | 150 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:00 → 14:03 | 16:02 | 84 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Delhi | 18:30 → 15:33 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 18:30 → 15:33 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 12 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:30 → 17:33 | 16:23 | 0 min | 16:23 | 70 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:00 → 20:03 | 15:53 | 0 min | 15:52 | 151 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 01:00 → 22:03 | 16:00 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 9 Mar |