Ruling · Holī · 2050

Wednesday 9 March

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 8 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 210 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 Monday 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

Late afternoon of Tuesday 8 March

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

15:18 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:35
14:5415:1815:4216:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:06

138 of 138 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 21:04 on Mon 7 Mar to 23:23 on Tue 8 Mar.

    2050-03-07T13:04:08Z → 2050-03-08T15:23:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:17–17:34 on the 7th, 15:18–17:35 on the 8th.

    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 137 minutes on the 7th and 138 of 138 on the 8th.

    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 12621 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 8 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daqing, 2050: Wednesday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Holī 2050 falls on Wednesday 9 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 8 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:04 on Mon 7 Mar to 23:23 on Tue 8 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 8th.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2050/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 7thCoveredSāyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:04 → 07:2315:34140 min15:350 min8 Mar
Chicago07:04 → 09:2315:30138 min15:300 min8 Mar
Jersey City08:04 → 10:2315:36139 min15:360 min8 Mar
Port of Spain09:04 → 11:2315:53144 min15:530 min8 Mar
London13:04 → 15:2315:36136 min15:360 min8 Mar
Durban15:04 → 17:2315:52150 min15:5192 min8 Mar
Dubai17:04 → 19:2316:0280 min16:02142 min9 Mar
Delhi18:34 → 20:5316:040 min16:04141 min9 Mar
Kolkata18:34 → 20:5315:210 min15:21142 min9 Mar
Singapore21:04 → 23:2316:530 min16:53145 min9 Mar
Sydney00:04 → 02:2316:530 min16:52151 min9 Mar
Suva01:04 → 03:2315:590 min15:59148 min9 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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