Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:17 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:34
14:5315:1715:4116:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:05
0 of 137 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 2012
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 59 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 7 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 137 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 8 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
138 of 138 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 20:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 17:39 on Thu 8 Mar.
2012-03-07T12:22:53Z → 2012-03-08T09:39:29Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:17–17:34 on the 7th, 15:18–17:36 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 138 of 138 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 239 s < 300 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Daqing, 2012: Thursday 8 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Holikā Dahana 2012 falls on Thursday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 17:39 on Thu 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It is 3 min 59 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 8 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 8 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 8 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holika-dahana · 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. The hour the row gives for the rite ("it should be observed on second half of purnima at night") is not tested: sāyāhna alone settles the day.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 7th | Covered | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:23 → 01:39 | 15:34 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:23 → 03:39 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:23 → 04:39 | 15:36 | 139 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 08:23 → 05:39 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| London | 12:23 → 09:39 | 15:36 | 136 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Durban | 14:23 → 11:39 | 15:52 | 150 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Dubai | 16:23 → 13:39 | 16:02 | 121 min | 16:02 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Delhi | 17:53 → 15:09 | 16:04 | 32 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Kolkata | 17:53 → 15:09 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 7 Mar |
| Singapore | 20:23 → 17:39 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 47 min | 8 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:23 → 20:39 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:52 | 151 min | 8 Mar |
| Suva | 00:23 → 21:39 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 8 Mar |