Late afternoon of Saturday 3 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:03 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:20
15:3916:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:51
136 of 136 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2007
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 3 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 527 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 3 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
136 of 136 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 4 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 137 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:22 on Sat 3 Mar to 07:17 on Sun 4 Mar.
2007-03-02T21:21:35Z → 2007-03-03T23:17:07Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:03–18:20 on the 3rd, 16:04–18:21 on the 4th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 136 of 136 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 137 on the 4th.
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 31616 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 3 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Datong, 2007: Sunday 4 March.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Holī 2007 falls on Sunday 4 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 3 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:22 on Sat 3 Mar to 07:17 on Sun 4 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 3rd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 4 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 4 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 4 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 2nd | Covered | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:22 → 15:17 | 15:32 | 138 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 3 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:22 → 17:17 | 15:26 | 135 min | 15:27 | 110 min | 3 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:22 → 18:17 | 15:32 | 86 min | 15:33 | 136 min | 4 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:22 → 19:17 | 15:53 | 54 min | 15:53 | 143 min | 4 Mar |
| London | 21:22 → 23:17 | 15:30 | 0 min | 15:31 | 132 min | 4 Mar |
| Durban | 23:22 → 01:17 | 15:56 | 0 min | 15:55 | 152 min | 4 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:22 → 03:17 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 140 min | 4 Mar |
| Delhi | 02:52 → 04:47 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 139 min | 4 Mar |
| Kolkata | 02:52 → 04:47 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 4 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:22 → 07:17 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 4 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:22 → 10:17 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:57 | 153 min | 4 Mar |
| Suva | 09:22 → 11:17 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:02 | 149 min | 4 Mar |