Late afternoon of Wednesday 21 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:13 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:39
15:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:3719:01
0 of 146 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2046
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 22 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 73 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Wednesday 21 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Thursday 22 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
73 of 147 minutes covered, the first 73
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:14 on Wed 21 Mar to 17:27 on Thu 22 Mar.
2046-03-21T13:14:28Z → 2046-03-22T09:27:02Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:13–18:39 on the 21st, 16:14–18:40 on the 22nd.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 21st and 73 of 147 on the 22nd.
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 4389 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 22 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Datong, 2046: Friday 23 March.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Holī 2046 falls on Friday 23 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 22 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:14 on Wed 21 Mar to 17:27 on Thu 22 Mar and covers 73 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna on the 22nd.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 23 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 23 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 23 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 21st | Covered | Sāyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:14 → 02:27 | 16:39 | 146 min | 16:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Chicago | 08:14 → 04:27 | 16:38 | 146 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Jersey City | 09:14 → 05:27 | 16:43 | 146 min | 16:44 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:14 → 05:27 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| London | 13:14 → 09:27 | 15:48 | 147 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Durban | 15:14 → 11:27 | 15:40 | 145 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:14 → 13:27 | 16:05 | 76 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Delhi | 18:44 → 14:57 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:07 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Kolkata | 18:44 → 14:57 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 22 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:14 → 17:27 | 16:50 | 0 min | 16:49 | 38 min | 23 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:14 → 20:27 | 16:40 | 0 min | 16:39 | 145 min | 23 Mar |
| Suva | 01:14 → 21:27 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:51 | 145 min | 23 Mar |