Late afternoon of Monday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
15:43 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:01
15:1915:4316:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:31
138 of 138 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1901
Determinatein Mosul, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Mon 4 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 283 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
138 of 138 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 5 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 138 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 09:32 on Mon 4 Mar to 11:01 on Tue 5 Mar.
1901-03-04T06:34:54Z → 1901-03-05T08:04:09Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:43–18:01 on the 4th, 15:44–18:02 on the 5th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 138 of 138 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 138 on the 5th.
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 16962 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Monday 4 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Mosul, 1901: Tuesday 5 March.
confidence: determinate
In Mosul, Holī 1901 falls on Tuesday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Monday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:32 on Mon 4 Mar to 11:01 on Tue 5 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 4th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 5 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Mosul. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Sāyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:35 → 00:04 | 15:33 | 138 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Chicago | 00:35 → 02:04 | 15:27 | 136 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Jersey City | 01:35 → 03:04 | 15:34 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 02:35 → 04:04 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| London | 06:35 → 08:04 | 15:32 | 133 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Durban | 08:05 → 09:34 | 15:25 | 152 min | 15:24 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Dubai | 10:16 → 11:45 | 15:43 | 140 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Delhi | 11:56 → 13:25 | 15:54 | 140 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 11:56 → 13:25 | 15:11 | 141 min | 15:11 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 13:30 → 14:59 | 15:49 | 145 min | 15:49 | 0 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 16:35 → 18:04 | 15:56 | 114 min | 15:55 | 129 min | 6 Mar |
| Suva | 18:30 → 19:59 | 15:57 | 0 min | 15:56 | 149 min | 6 Mar |