Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:08 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:29
Pūrṇimā begins 18:41:22
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56
0 of 140 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2085
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 11 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 11 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:41 on Sat 10 Mar to 20:27 on Sun 11 Mar.
2085-03-10T10:41:22Z → 2085-03-11T12:27:03Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:08–18:29 on the 10th, 16:09–18:30 on the 11th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 140 minutes on the 10th and 141 of 141 on the 11th.
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 768 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 11 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Datong, 2085: Monday 12 March.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Holī 2085 falls on Monday 12 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:41 on Sat 10 Mar to 20:27 on Sun 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 11th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 12 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 12 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 12 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 10th | Covered | Sāyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:41 → 05:27 | 15:36 | 142 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Chicago | 04:41 → 07:27 | 15:32 | 140 min | 16:32 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Jersey City | 05:41 → 08:27 | 15:38 | 141 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 06:41 → 08:27 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| London | 10:41 → 12:27 | 15:39 | 139 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 12:41 → 14:27 | 15:49 | 149 min | 15:48 | 0 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 14:41 → 16:27 | 16:03 | 143 min | 16:03 | 24 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 16:11 → 17:57 | 16:05 | 135 min | 16:05 | 112 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 16:11 → 17:57 | 15:21 | 93 min | 15:21 | 143 min | 12 Mar |
| Singapore | 18:41 → 20:27 | 16:53 | 36 min | 16:52 | 145 min | 12 Mar |
| Sydney | 21:41 → 23:27 | 16:50 | 0 min | 16:49 | 149 min | 12 Mar |
| Suva | 22:41 → 00:27 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 147 min | 12 Mar |