Ruling · Holī · 1990

Monday 12 March

Determinatein Harbin, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 11 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 33 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

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.

15:12 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:31
14:4815:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:00

0 of 139 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 11 March

Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.

15:13 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:33
14:4915:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:01

139 of 139 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:04 on Sat 10 Mar to 18:58 on Sun 11 Mar.

    1990-03-10T10:04:30Z → 1990-03-11T10:58:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:12–17:31 on the 10th, 15:13–17:33 on the 11th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 10th and 139 of 139 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1996 s

  5. 05

    Counted

    Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 11 March is the day taken above.

    follows: holika-dahana + 1 d

  6. 06

    Ruling

    Holī, Harbin, 1990: Monday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Harbin, Holī 1990 falls on Monday 12 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:04 on Sat 10 Mar to 18:58 on Sun 11 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 11th.

ahargana.org/harbin/festivals/1990/holi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 12 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Harbin.

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The rule, as data

/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Kept
The day after Holikā Dahana

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 10thCoveredSāyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:04 → 02:5815:35141 min15:360 min11 Mar
Chicago04:04 → 04:5815:31140 min15:320 min11 Mar
Jersey City05:04 → 05:5815:37140 min15:380 min11 Mar
Port of Spain06:04 → 06:5815:52144 min15:520 min11 Mar
London10:04 → 10:5815:38138 min15:390 min11 Mar
Durban12:04 → 12:5815:50149 min15:490 min11 Mar
Dubai14:04 → 14:5816:03142 min16:030 min11 Mar
Delhi15:34 → 16:2816:04142 min16:0524 min11 Mar
Kolkata15:34 → 16:2815:21129 min15:2167 min11 Mar
Singapore18:04 → 18:5816:5373 min16:52126 min12 Mar
Sydney20:04 → 20:5815:500 min15:50150 min12 Mar
Suva22:04 → 22:5815:580 min15:57147 min12 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
holi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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