Late afternoon of Tuesday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:11 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:34
15:4716:1116:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:59
0 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1965
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Wed 17 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 49 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 17 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
144 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:45 on Tue 16 Mar to 19:24 on Wed 17 Mar.
1965-03-16T13:44:47Z → 1965-03-17T11:23:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:11–18:34 on the 16th, 16:11–18:35 on the 17th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 143 minutes on the 16th and 144 of 144 on the 17th.
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 2937 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Wednesday 17 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Datong, 1965: Thursday 18 March.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Holī 1965 falls on Thursday 18 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Wednesday 17 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:45 on Tue 16 Mar to 19:24 on Wed 17 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 17th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 18 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 18 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 18 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Datong. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · 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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 16th | Covered | Sāyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:45 → 03:24 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:45 → 05:24 | 15:35 | 143 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:45 → 06:24 | 15:40 | 143 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:45 → 07:24 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| London | 13:45 → 11:24 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Durban | 15:45 → 13:24 | 15:45 | 147 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:45 → 15:24 | 16:04 | 43 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 17 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:15 → 16:54 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 48 min | 18 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:15 → 16:54 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 92 min | 18 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:15 → 18:54 | 16:21 | 0 min | 16:21 | 145 min | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 23:45 → 21:24 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:44 | 147 min | 18 Mar |
| Suva | 01:45 → 23:24 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:54 | 146 min | 18 Mar |