Late afternoon of Thursday 24 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:44 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:11
15:2015:4416:0816:3216:5617:2017:4418:0818:32
0 of 146 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1910
Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 25 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 493 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 24 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 146 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 25 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
147 of 147 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 02:24 on Fri 25 Mar to 04:21 on Sat 26 Mar.
1910-03-24T18:24:01Z → 1910-03-25T20:20:31Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:44–18:11 on the 24th, 15:44–18:11 on the 25th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 146 minutes on the 24th and 147 of 147 on the 25th.
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 29607 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 25 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Shaoxing, 1910: Saturday 26 March.
confidence: determinate
In Shaoxing, Holī 1910 falls on Saturday 26 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 25 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:24 on Fri 25 Mar to 04:21 on Sat 26 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 25th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 26 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 26 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 26 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:24 → 12:21 | 15:40 | 147 min | 15:40 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:24 → 14:21 | 15:39 | 147 min | 15:39 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:24 → 15:21 | 15:44 | 147 min | 15:45 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:24 → 16:21 | 15:51 | 146 min | 15:51 | 30 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 18:24 → 20:21 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:51 | 149 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 20:24 → 22:21 | 15:39 | 0 min | 15:38 | 144 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:05 → 00:02 | 15:46 | 0 min | 15:46 | 146 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 23:54 → 01:51 | 16:07 | 0 min | 16:08 | 147 min | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 23:54 → 01:51 | 15:22 | 0 min | 15:23 | 146 min | 26 Mar |
| Singapore | 01:24 → 03:21 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:49 | 145 min | 26 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:24 → 06:21 | 15:38 | 0 min | 15:37 | 144 min | 26 Mar |
| Suva | 06:19 → 08:16 | 15:45 | 0 min | 15:44 | 145 min | 26 Mar |