Late afternoon of Saturday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1963
Boundaryin Jiading, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sat 9 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 10 March
Qualifies with 11 of 141 minutes. Not taken.
11 of 141 minutes covered, the first 11
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:09 on Sat 9 Mar to 15:49 on Sun 10 Mar.
1963-03-09T06:09:02Z → 1963-03-10T07:48:34Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:37–17:58 on the 9th, 15:38–17:59 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 141 of 141 minutes on the 9th and 11 of 141 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 661 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Saturday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Jiading, 1963: Sunday 10 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Jiading, Holī 1963 falls on Sunday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Saturday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:09 on Sat 9 Mar to 15:49 on Sun 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 11 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 10 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Jiading. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:09 → 23:49 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 00:09 → 01:49 | 15:30 | 139 min | 15:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 01:09 → 02:49 | 15:36 | 139 min | 15:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:09 → 03:49 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 06:09 → 07:49 | 15:37 | 137 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 08:09 → 09:49 | 15:51 | 150 min | 15:50 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:09 → 11:49 | 16:02 | 142 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:39 → 13:19 | 16:04 | 141 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:39 → 13:19 | 15:21 | 142 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 13:39 → 15:19 | 16:23 | 145 min | 16:23 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 16:09 → 17:49 | 15:52 | 133 min | 15:51 | 118 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 18:09 → 19:49 | 15:59 | 18 min | 15:58 | 148 min | 11 Mar |