Late afternoon of Tuesday 14 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:10 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:32
15:4616:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:58
142 of 142 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2006
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 14 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 515 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 14 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
142 of 142 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 15 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:02 on Tue 14 Mar to 07:35 on Wed 15 Mar.
2006-03-13T21:02:02Z → 2006-03-14T23:35:26Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:10–18:32 on the 14th, 16:10–18:33 on the 15th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 142 of 142 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 143 on the 15th.
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 30883 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 14 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Datong, 2006: Wednesday 15 March.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Holī 2006 falls on Wednesday 15 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 14 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:02 on Tue 14 Mar to 07:35 on Wed 15 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 14th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 15 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 15 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 15 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 13th | Covered | Sāyāhna 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:02 → 15:35 | 15:36 | 143 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:02 → 17:35 | 15:33 | 142 min | 15:33 | 122 min | 14 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:02 → 18:35 | 15:39 | 119 min | 15:39 | 142 min | 15 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:02 → 19:35 | 15:52 | 75 min | 15:52 | 145 min | 15 Mar |
| London | 21:02 → 23:35 | 15:41 | 0 min | 15:42 | 141 min | 15 Mar |
| Durban | 23:02 → 01:35 | 15:47 | 0 min | 15:46 | 148 min | 15 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:02 → 03:35 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 143 min | 15 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:32 → 05:05 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 143 min | 15 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:32 → 05:05 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 144 min | 15 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:02 → 07:35 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:52 | 145 min | 15 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:02 → 10:35 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:47 | 148 min | 15 Mar |
| Suva | 09:02 → 11:35 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:56 | 147 min | 15 Mar |