Ruling · Holī · 2036

Thursday 13 March

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 12 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 32 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 Tuesday 11 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:20 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:40
14:5615:2015:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:08

0 of 140 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 12 March

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

15:21 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:41
Pūrṇimā ends 17:09:31
14:5715:2115:4516:0916:3316:5717:2117:4518:09

109 of 141 minutes covered, the first 109

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 19:53 on Tue 11 Mar to 17:10 on Wed 12 Mar.

    2036-03-11T11:52:39Z → 2036-03-12T09:09:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:20–17:40 on the 11th, 15:21–17:41 on the 12th.

    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 140 minutes on the 11th and 109 of 141 on the 12th.

    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 1911 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 12 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daqing, 2036: Thursday 13 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Holī 2036 falls on Thursday 13 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 12 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:53 on Tue 11 Mar to 17:10 on Wed 12 Mar and covers 109 of 141 minutes of sāyāhna on the 12th.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2036/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 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 11thCoveredSāyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:53 → 02:1016:36142 min16:360 min12 Mar
Chicago06:53 → 04:1016:32141 min16:330 min12 Mar
Jersey City07:53 → 05:1016:38141 min16:390 min12 Mar
Port of Spain07:53 → 05:1015:52144 min15:520 min12 Mar
London11:53 → 09:1015:40139 min15:410 min12 Mar
Durban13:53 → 11:1015:48149 min15:480 min12 Mar
Dubai15:53 → 13:1016:03143 min16:030 min12 Mar
Delhi17:23 → 14:4016:0564 min16:050 min12 Mar
Kolkata17:23 → 14:4015:2122 min15:210 min12 Mar
Singapore19:53 → 17:1016:520 min16:5218 min13 Mar
Sydney22:53 → 20:1016:490 min16:48149 min13 Mar
Suva23:53 → 21:1015:570 min15:56147 min13 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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