Ruling · Holī · 2060

Wednesday 17 March

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 16 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 223 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 16 March

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

15:24 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:47
15:0015:2415:4816:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:12

143 of 143 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 17 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

15:25 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:49
15:0115:2515:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:13

0 of 144 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 09:24 on Tue 16 Mar to 11:41 on Wed 17 Mar.

    2060-03-16T01:23:41Z → 2060-03-17T03:41:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:24–17:47 on the 16th, 15:25–17:49 on the 17th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 143 of 143 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 144 on the 17th.

    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 13390 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 16 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Daqing, 2060: Wednesday 17 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Holī 2060 falls on Wednesday 17 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 16 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:24 on Tue 16 Mar to 11:41 on Wed 17 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 16th.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2060/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 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 16thCoveredSāyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:24 → 20:4116:38144 min16:380 min17 Mar
Chicago20:24 → 22:4116:35144 min16:360 min17 Mar
Jersey City21:24 → 23:4116:41144 min16:410 min17 Mar
Port of Spain21:24 → 23:4115:52145 min15:520 min17 Mar
London01:24 → 03:4115:44143 min15:450 min17 Mar
Durban03:24 → 05:4115:44147 min15:430 min17 Mar
Dubai05:24 → 07:4116:04144 min16:040 min17 Mar
Delhi06:54 → 09:1116:06144 min16:060 min17 Mar
Kolkata06:54 → 09:1115:22144 min15:220 min17 Mar
Singapore09:24 → 11:4116:51145 min16:510 min17 Mar
Sydney12:24 → 14:4116:44147 min16:430 min17 Mar
Suva13:24 → 15:4115:54146 min15:530 min17 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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