Late afternoon of Monday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2074
Determinatein Kunming, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 13 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 22 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 12 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 13 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
8 of 143 minutes covered, the first 8
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Mon 12 Mar to 17:02 on Tue 13 Mar.
2074-03-12T11:43:01Z → 2074-03-13T09:02:08Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:54–19:17 on the 12th, 16:54–19:17 on the 13th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 143 minutes on the 12th and 8 of 143 on the 13th.
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 502 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 13 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Kunming, 2074: Wednesday 14 March.
confidence: determinate
In Kunming, Holī 2074 falls on Wednesday 14 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 13 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:43 on Mon 12 Mar to 17:02 on Tue 13 Mar and covers 8 of 143 minutes of sāyāhna on the 13th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 14 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 14 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 14 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Kunming. | ||
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 12th | Covered | Sāyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:43 → 02:02 | 16:36 | 142 min | 16:37 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Chicago | 06:43 → 04:02 | 16:33 | 141 min | 16:33 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Jersey City | 07:43 → 05:02 | 16:39 | 142 min | 16:39 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 07:43 → 05:02 | 15:52 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| London | 11:43 → 09:02 | 15:40 | 140 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Durban | 13:43 → 11:02 | 15:48 | 148 min | 15:47 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Dubai | 15:43 → 13:02 | 16:03 | 143 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Delhi | 17:13 → 14:32 | 16:05 | 75 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Kolkata | 17:13 → 14:32 | 15:21 | 32 min | 15:21 | 0 min | 13 Mar |
| Singapore | 19:43 → 17:02 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:52 | 10 min | 14 Mar |
| Sydney | 22:43 → 20:02 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:47 | 149 min | 14 Mar |
| Suva | 23:43 → 21:02 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 147 min | 14 Mar |