Ruling · Holī · 1994

Monday 28 March

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 27 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 69 minutes.

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 Saturday 26 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:30 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:00
15:0615:3015:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:18

0 of 149 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 27 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

15:31 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:01
15:0715:3115:5516:1916:4317:0717:3117:5518:19

150 of 150 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 22:45 on Sat 26 Mar to 19:10 on Sun 27 Mar.

    1994-03-26T14:45:22Z → 1994-03-27T11:09:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:30–18:00 on the 26th, 15:31–18:01 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 149 minutes on the 26th and 150 of 150 on the 27th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4115 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 27 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daqing, 1994: Monday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Holī 1994 falls on Monday 28 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 27 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:45 on Sat 26 Mar to 19:10 on Sun 27 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 27th.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1994/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 28 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 26thCoveredSāyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:45 → 03:1015:41148 min15:410 min27 Mar
Chicago08:45 → 05:1015:40149 min15:410 min27 Mar
Jersey City09:45 → 06:1015:46149 min15:460 min27 Mar
Port of Spain10:45 → 07:1015:51146 min15:510 min27 Mar
London14:45 → 12:1015:52150 min16:530 min27 Mar
Durban16:45 → 13:1015:3775 min15:360 min27 Mar
Dubai18:45 → 15:1016:050 min16:050 min27 Mar
Delhi20:15 → 16:4016:080 min16:0831 min28 Mar
Kolkata20:15 → 16:4015:230 min15:2377 min28 Mar
Singapore22:45 → 19:1016:480 min16:48141 min28 Mar
Sydney00:45 → 21:1015:360 min15:35143 min28 Mar
Suva02:45 → 23:1015:480 min15:48144 min28 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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