Late afternoon of Monday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:12
15:2515:4916:1316:3717:0117:2517:4918:1318:37
0 of 143 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1908
Determinatein Mosul, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 17 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 585 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 16 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 143 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 17 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
144 of 144 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 03:57 on Tue 17 Mar to 05:25 on Wed 18 Mar.
1908-03-17T01:00:19Z → 1908-03-18T02:28:17Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:49–18:12 on the 16th, 15:49–18:13 on the 17th.
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 16th and 144 of 144 on the 17th.
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 35113 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 17 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Mosul, 1908: Wednesday 18 March.
confidence: determinate
In Mosul, Holī 1908 falls on Wednesday 18 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 17 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:57 on Tue 17 Mar to 05:25 on Wed 18 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 17th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 18 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 18 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 18 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 17th | Covered | Sāyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:00 → 18:28 | 15:38 | 144 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:00 → 20:28 | 15:35 | 144 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:00 → 21:28 | 15:41 | 144 min | 15:41 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:00 → 22:28 | 15:52 | 145 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| London | 01:00 → 02:28 | 15:44 | 143 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Durban | 03:00 → 04:28 | 15:44 | 147 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Dubai | 04:41 → 06:09 | 15:45 | 144 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:30 → 07:58 | 16:06 | 144 min | 16:06 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:30 → 07:58 | 15:22 | 144 min | 15:22 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Singapore | 08:00 → 09:28 | 15:51 | 145 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:00 → 12:28 | 15:44 | 147 min | 15:43 | 0 min | 18 Mar |
| Suva | 12:55 → 14:23 | 15:49 | 146 min | 15:48 | 0 min | 18 Mar |