Late afternoon of Monday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
16:08 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:33
15:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:3218:56
0 of 144 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2003
Boundaryin Kowloon, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 18 Mar. A threshold is only 1 min 24 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 17 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 144 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 18 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
145 of 145 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 21:49 on Mon 17 Mar to 18:35 on Tue 18 Mar.
2003-03-17T13:49:12Z → 2003-03-18T10:34:34Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:08–18:33 on the 17th, 16:09–18:33 on the 18th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 144 minutes on the 17th and 145 of 145 on the 18th.
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 84 s < 300 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 18 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Kowloon, 2003: Wednesday 19 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Kowloon, Holī 2003 falls on Wednesday 19 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 18 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:49 on Mon 17 Mar to 18:35 on Tue 18 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 18th. It is 1 min 24 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 19 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 19 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 19 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Kowloon. | ||
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 17th | Covered | Sāyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:49 → 02:35 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Chicago | 07:49 → 04:35 | 15:35 | 144 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Jersey City | 08:49 → 05:35 | 15:41 | 144 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 09:49 → 06:35 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| London | 13:49 → 10:35 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Durban | 15:49 → 12:35 | 15:44 | 142 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Dubai | 17:49 → 14:35 | 16:04 | 39 min | 16:04 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Delhi | 19:19 → 16:05 | 16:06 | 0 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Kolkata | 19:19 → 16:05 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:22 | 43 min | 19 Mar |
| Singapore | 21:49 → 18:35 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:51 | 104 min | 19 Mar |
| Sydney | 00:49 → 21:35 | 16:44 | 0 min | 16:43 | 147 min | 19 Mar |
| Suva | 01:49 → 22:35 | 15:54 | 0 min | 15:53 | 146 min | 19 Mar |