Late afternoon of Tuesday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:37 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:58
15:1315:3716:0116:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:25
141 of 141 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1982
Determinatein Jiading, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 583 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Tuesday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Wednesday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:55 on Tue 9 Mar to 04:45 on Wed 10 Mar.
1982-03-08T21:54:46Z → 1982-03-09T20:45:08Z
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 0 of 141 on the 10th.
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 34954 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Jiading, 1982: Wednesday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Jiading, Holī 1982 falls on Wednesday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:55 on Tue 9 Mar to 04:45 on Wed 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 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 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:55 → 12:45 | 15:35 | 140 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:55 → 14:45 | 15:30 | 114 min | 15:30 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:55 → 15:45 | 15:36 | 60 min | 15:36 | 9 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:55 → 16:45 | 15:53 | 22 min | 15:53 | 53 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 21:55 → 20:45 | 15:36 | 0 min | 15:37 | 137 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 23:55 → 22:45 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:51 | 150 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:55 → 00:45 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:25 → 02:15 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:04 | 141 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:25 → 02:15 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 142 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:55 → 04:45 | 16:53 | 0 min | 16:53 | 145 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:55 → 07:45 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:51 | 151 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 09:55 → 08:45 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:59 | 148 min | 10 Mar |