Late afternoon of Saturday 27 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:43 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:11
15:1915:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:31
0 of 148 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2021
Determinatein Jiading, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Sun 28 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 517 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Saturday 27 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 148 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Sunday 28 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
148 of 148 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:57 on Sun 28 Mar to 02:48 on Mon 29 Mar.
2021-03-27T21:57:28Z → 2021-03-28T18:48:11Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:43–18:11 on the 27th, 15:43–18:11 on the 28th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 148 minutes on the 27th and 148 of 148 on the 28th.
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 31006 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Sunday 28 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Jiading, 2021: Monday 29 March.
confidence: determinate
In Jiading, Holī 2021 falls on Monday 29 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Sunday 28 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:57 on Sun 28 Mar to 02:48 on Mon 29 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 28th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 29 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 29 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 29 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 27th | Covered | Sāyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:57 → 11:48 | 16:41 | 149 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:57 → 13:48 | 16:41 | 133 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:57 → 14:48 | 16:46 | 78 min | 16:47 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 17:57 → 14:48 | 15:51 | 19 min | 15:50 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| London | 21:57 → 19:48 | 15:54 | 0 min | 16:55 | 152 min | 29 Mar |
| Durban | 23:57 → 20:48 | 15:35 | 0 min | 15:34 | 143 min | 29 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:57 → 22:48 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:06 | 148 min | 29 Mar |
| Delhi | 03:27 → 00:18 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:09 | 148 min | 29 Mar |
| Kolkata | 03:27 → 00:18 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 147 min | 29 Mar |
| Singapore | 05:57 → 02:48 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:48 | 145 min | 29 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:57 → 05:48 | 16:34 | 0 min | 16:33 | 142 min | 29 Mar |
| Suva | 09:57 → 06:48 | 15:48 | 0 min | 15:47 | 144 min | 29 Mar |